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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Marina Hyde

Elizabeth Hurley to master another form: the pastoral

Reminding us that television is nowhere NEAR running out of ideas comes Dame Elizabeth Hurley - who is apparently in talks to star in a documentary about life on her organic farm.

This is totally misconceived, of course. Why can't she star in a DRAMA about an organic farm? It's no fun unless she acts. It could be like Passenger 57 meets The Good Life - and Lost in Showbiz would feel like it had died and gone to heaven.

"People always imagine me with perfect hair," Liz tells Hello. "But that's not who I am. The first time he saw me in the country, my husband found me in wellies, covered in mud."

Mm. Why am I picturing a maid running breathlessly down to a field, shrieking "Miss Elizabeth! Mister Arun is here! Take your position in the not-at-all staged tableau of idealised rural life - the Daily Mail says his divorce came through yesterday!"

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