There's apparently soccer leagues that they've set up with young Indian girls.

I got to go to Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, Madrid, America.

Before I started doing the film and when I found out I was going to be doing it, I just decided to pump up on the whole cardio stuff. Just in terms of stamina.

If I can inspire someone to go in a positive way and pursue a dream, it can only be good.

In London there was an article about all these girls bending it like Beckham, and in India there's this big wave of girls playing football. Wow! I can't believe a movie's done this!

And of course in America you've got American football and baseball and all those other ball games, soccer has become a little niche that the women have kind of filled.

That's what I like about acting. When you're preparing for a role, you do your research, and the bonus is you get to learn these skills. Now, it's on to whatever the next thing is I have to learn.

I'm actually going in to ER as the new British intern.

It's been really nice to see different counties that I might never have visited before.

In terms of soccer, it wasn't really a thing that girls did. In England it more kind of Net Ball and Hockey and stuff like that in athletics. It's to each their own, really.

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It can be easy for an actor to go "Well I really have to do a lot" and then just saying "I don't need to do anything, I'm not bound to do anything".

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