{"id":47417,"date":"2024-03-07T21:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2004155"},"modified":"2024-03-07T22:51:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T21:51:04","slug":"dick-turpin-star-tamsin-greig-explains-why-she-refused-to-wear-a-corset","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/dick-turpin-star-tamsin-greig-explains-why-she-refused-to-wear-a-corset\/","title":{"rendered":"Dick Turpin star Tamsin Greig explains why she refused to wear a corset"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many actors have complained of discomfort caused by the undergarment. <\/p>

By David Craig\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 07 March 2024 at 20:00 PM<\/p>

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Tamsin Greig has revealed that she refused to wear a corset for her role in Apple TV+<\/a> comedy The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The restrictive undergarment is frequently used in period dramas for authenticity, having been a prevalent part of society between the 17th and early 20th centuries.<\/p>\n

However, they are notorious for being very uncomfortable, and long-term use can take a serious toll on an individual\u2019s health, from reducing lung capacity to causing muscular wasting.<\/p>\n

As a result, there has been talk of \u2018banning<\/a>\u2018 the corset from film and television sets in recent years, although some other performers did wear them in Dick Turpin, according to Greig.<\/p>

The Friday Night Dinner alum told RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press that avoiding the corset was a prerequisite for her to consider signing on for Noel Fielding\u2019s Apple TV+ comedy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not a huge fan of corsets,\u201d she began. \u201cI think they are about the historical constraint of females. So that was one thing that I said, when I was offered it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018I would love to do this [but] I don\u2019t want to wear a corset\u2019, thinking that they would go, \u2018well, goodbye then\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the costume designer, Rosa Dias, who I\u2019ve worked with a number of times, is so elegant and so brilliant and has such a great team around her that she said \u2018you don\u2019t have to wear a corset but don\u2019t tell anyone\u2019 \u2013 because some people are in corsets.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lady Helen Gwinear (Tamsin Greig) in The Completely Made-Up Adventure of Dick Turpin.<\/span><\/figcaption> Apple TV+<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Dias is perhaps best known for her work on Netflix\u2019s coming-of-age comedy drama Sex Education<\/a>, imagining the enviable styles of its core characters that added so much to the distinct look of that show.<\/p>\n

Greig added: \u201cShe was able to work around my boundaries that I set and just created the most extraordinary palette of sumptuous designs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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