Aimee Lou Wood joins Episode 10 of The Radio Times Podcast - listen now

BAFTA award-winning actress Aimee Lou Wood (Aimee Gibbs in Netflix hit-series Sex Education), joins The Radio Times Podcast this week to talk about her role starring in Channel 4’s comedy-drama Mincemeat – and the pressure to look beautiful on screen. Wood plays Jane, a young woman who lives under the thumb of her overbearing far-right leaning mother, whose life is uprooted when she falls in love with Nish.

During a candid interview with Kelly-Anne Taylor, the actor discusses not feeling worthy of being on TV, the vulnerability she felt at playing Jane and how the pressures of having to look a certain way have been “a real challenge” for Wood. She reveals why she was eager to play the part of Jane – “it’s rare you read something that really hits you in the gut” – and how she is a “sucker for a love story”, whilst also discussing her experience working with intimacy coordinators and performing sex scenes whilst filming Sex Education.