Interestingly, I never thought I'd do an adaptation. I've also been quite against them. I think trying to translate one medium to another is wrong. I never really felt that books fitted into film. Generally people are disappointed, aren't they?

Early TV work
After leaving school in the late 70s Arnold got her first TV jobs as a dancer on shows that included Top of the Pops. All the other kids would just bung on some pop music and dance. The film originally premiered on around 45-50 screens in Britain making them less accessible to the general public.

Andrea Arnold OBE (born 5 April 1961) is an Academy award-winning filmmaker and former actress from England who made her feature film directorial debut in 2006 with Red Road.