Billie Piper can't cope with corset
August 29, 2007 
Actress Billie Piper has revealed that the corset she wears in her latest role is not particularly comfortable.
Filming for a new eight-part ITV2 series, Diary Of A London Call Girl, the former Dr Who actress has to wear a leather corset as she plays a high-class Jewish prostitute.
"I was always falling over or my breasts were popping out," Ms Piper told Sky magazine. "It's not that I have a great rack - it's just that I was wearing tiny little things and had to be quite 'physical'."
"The rubber dress for the dominatrix stuff looked great, but it was a real bitch to wear," she added. "We were working under hot studio lights and there's me wearing a rubber dress and long sleeves - plus I had a leather corset and big ol' hair! I'm not good in heat - it makes me a bit angry."
She also told the magazine that she went to meet various call girls who do the job in real life in order to research the role.
"I met high-class hookers who were very candid," she said. "I wanted to know if they get anything out of the sex… if they ever fell in love with the guys. Surprisingly, some of them did."
The 24-year old should be used to a corset, as she starred in a production of Mansfield Park, but it appears that the ITV costume department did not shop around for a comfy made to measure corset on this occasion.
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