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Playing husband and wife in the new film ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’, Claire Foy heaped praise on her co-star Andrew Garfield. She also reflected on a few of her childhood favourite stories like ‘Angelina Ballerina.’

Claire and Andrew play the parents of three children who go on a fantastical adventure in the new film which is out in cinemas on 27th March 2026. The cast is stacked with talent like Nicola Coughlan, Michael Palin, Lenny Henry, Nonso Anozie, Jessica Gunning and more. Report by Burtonj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Hey Claire, thank you so much for your time.
00:02ITN.
00:02That's us.
00:03Hey, congratulations on this wonderful film.
00:06What was it that made you say yes?
00:08I mean, everything.
00:09I just absolutely loved it.
00:11I was so happy to be in a family film
00:14and to do something that felt like,
00:17I don't know, just felt like it was pure.
00:20And I've done lots of heavy things
00:23and it just felt like a really lovely, lovely thing to do.
00:25And the kids are, the kids in this film are absolutely extraordinary.
00:28So that was a real gift to meet them all.
00:31I just want to point out what you just said there.
00:33You can do a range of heavy stuff and this light stuff as well.
00:36Do you really feel a difference when you step onto a set
00:38which is like, I'm here for a light role, I'm here for a heavy role.
00:41Do you kind of sit in those?
00:42I don't know because any set can be stressful.
00:44But I think you notice a difference when it's done by this production company
00:49and with Ben as the director and with these kids
00:51because everything was done with the children in mind
00:53and to make them not feel pressure and feel light
00:58and every day coming to work would be fun.
01:00And they were also doing school at the same time.
01:03So I think it was really important that they did that.
01:05And I don't know how they did it, but they really managed to make it like...
01:07And that made all the adults were really happy as well.
01:10So I think it should be done more really.
01:12Obviously, we want to make these kids enjoy the set and the world and magic.
01:16What was a thing that when you were a kid made you believe in magic?
01:19Oh, my goodness.
01:22I mean, I loved anything that was about our world but slightly altered.
01:28I mean, I loved lots of books about nature.
01:30I loved Angelina Ballerina, who was a mouse, a mouse who does ballet.
01:33I loved Bramley Hedge.
01:34I loved Wind in the Willows.
01:36Like, I loved things where animals were suddenly talking.
01:40And I just found that really amazing because nature's all around
01:43and then you could go out in nature and sort of imagine it as a child.
01:46And that felt amazing.
01:48And I was like 13 or something when Harry Potter came out.
01:51And I still loved Harry Potter and was like totally...
01:54That idea of being taken to a different school and a different life was like, oh!
01:58And finally from me...
01:59Hi!
02:01You're Andrew Garfield as your on-screen husband.
02:03Yes.
02:04What did you learn about working with him?
02:06Was it the first time you'd worked together?
02:07Second time I've worked with him.
02:08He's very silly.
02:10Oh, good.
02:10The first time we worked together it was quite a serious piece.
02:13He was silly in that as well.
02:14But he was just so great with the kids and so great at making it light.
02:20And, yeah, I mean, I just think he brought such a kind of whimsy
02:22and a quality that he really does have,
02:24which is like about thinking outside the box and thinking in a different way.
02:28And that's definitely what he brought to Tim.
02:29No, it was brilliant.
02:30That's so nice.
02:31It's always nice to talk to you.
02:32Thank you so much for your time.
02:32Thank you so much.
02:33Cheers, Claire.
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