Inbetweeners welcomed me into the boys’ club, says happy Emily Berrington

 
Laugh a minute: Emily Berrington in the new Inbetweeners movie, in which she plays the love interest of Will (Simon Bird) as the lads go to Australia (Picture: Vince Valitutti)
Vince Valitutti
18 July 2014
The Weekender

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The Inbetweeners might be puerile teenagers on film — but leading lady Emily Berrington said her co-stars could not have been sweeter on set.

Yet she admitted she had to up her game to compete with the ceaseless quickfire wit of the team as they reunited for the sequel to one of cinema’s blockbuster success stories.

Berrington plays Katie, the love interest of Will (Simon Bird) as the four boys first seen on E4 visit Australia for a gap year. She said: “They could have been a bit exclusive and a bit macho but they weren’t. I think they were quite in touch with their feminine side. And they all had wives and girlfriends and babies and were very easy to hang out with. They even explained their in-jokes.

“It was absolutely brilliant. I would have been so disappointed if I had got there and it had been a very serious and sombre experience but it wasn’t at all. No joke is off-limits as long as it’s genuinely funny. They push the boundaries — it was pretty much a laugh a minute.”

Working in a male-dominated cast proved ideal training for the American series she is now filming in Bucharest. Sons of Liberty is about the build-up to the American Revolution and stars Rafe Spall, Ben Barnes and Dean Norris from Breaking Bad. “They have made me feel like one of the lads,” she said.

After university Berrington, a Labour party member who lives in Dalston and has previously appeared in 24 and Outnumbered, worked for Siobhain McDonagh in Westminster. But she eventually decided to pursue acting and won a place at Guildhall.

She said: “I didn’t know how someone became an actor but then I realised I was working in an industry I knew nothing about either. Being an MP is the hardest job in the world. I think being an actor is the easier option.”

The Inbetweeners 2 is in cinemas on August 6.

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