Emily Atack: 'Jilly Cooper helped me understand why women use their sexuality'

Emily Atack has reflected on her Rivals character Sarah and how Jilly Cooper makes readers 'understand why women had to use sexuality to get things they wanted'. The Inbetweeners star appeared on This Morning with her Rivals co-star Danny Dyer to discuss the show, the second season of which hit Disney+ just hours before, with Emily featuring as the racy Sarah Stratton, who is pregnant. During season one of the hit show, Emily famously stripped nude for a scene that saw her protect her modesty using a tennis racket while playing the second wife and former mistress of MP Paul Stratton, played by Rufus Jones. Reflecting on her saucy character, she spoke about how author Jilly Cooper - who wrote the 1988 book Rivals - makes you 'root for people you should hate' while also overhauling how women are written about.