Sarah Lancashire felt she was "wrong for the role" in ‘Happy Valley’ for "the first four weeks".
The 52-year-old actress portrays mourning mother and protective grandmother Sergeant Catherine Cawood in the popular BBC drama, and although the star scooped the award for Leading Actress in the series at this year’s BAFTA TV awards on Sunday (14.05.17), she has admitted for an entire month she felt she was not best suited to play the character because she didn’t feel "comfortable with the uniform" or the accent.
She said: "For the first four weeks I kept telling them, I am wrong for this role.
"I couldn’t find a way to feel comfortable. I didn’t feel comfortable with the uniform. I thought I’d just be an actor in a uniform.
"I was worried about the accent. I was scared the accent was coming across as too broad. But they told me to trust them and I did."
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