Kara Tointon vamps it up for This Morning sofa in thigh high suede boots
By JUDY COGAN
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Now Kara Tointon, 30, is shaping up to become a silver screen siren as she appears in gritty Brit flick Last Passenger alongside established star Dougray Scott.
The Strictly Come Dancing champion told spoke about her new role on the This Morning sofa on Wednesday, wearing a pair of knock out grey suede boots that reached to the top of her thigh.
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Step in the right direction: Kara Tointon arrives looking stunning in killer grey boots at the ITV studios on Wednesday to talk about her first leading lady role in new film
The action thriller takes place on a moving commuter train that gets hi-jacked by a sociopath - which spells out a bumpy ride for everyone.
Kara plays Sarah Barewell who is one of a small group of passengers who are on the last train home, when things go horribly wrong. The first sign of danger is when the train fails to stop at the a station.
The actresses role in the low budget British made film, which is out on October 20, was her first as a leading lady.
Little boots: Kara Tointon talks about her first leading film, role in Brit flick Last Passenger wearing a pair of thigh high boots
Kara revealed to Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on the This Morning sofa that she got on board after the director Omid Nooshin used a ready made trailer to entice his cast.
She said: 'He made it with £500 and somehow made it look like a huge Hollywood blockbuster. He's so clever and is set for really big things. I saw the trailer and new I wanted the part straight away.'
The former Eastenders star has enjoyed a 'long stint' in theatre starring in productions such as ‘Relatively Speaking’ with Felicity Kendall, Jonathan Coy and Max Bennett, which was a revival of the 1967 hit about a young woman trying to break things off with her married lover.
Train romance: Kara stars in Last Passenger alongside her onscreen love interest Dougray Scott
All aboard: Kara revealed to Phil and Holly on the This Morning sofa that she got on board after the director Omid Nooshin used a ready made £500 trailer to entice his cast
But now she's keen to mix things up.She said: 'I've spent the last three years in theatre and sort of disappeared into theatre world and do do this movie was a little bit different for me.
'The ideal as an actress is to mix it up a bit between theatre and film, that's what I want to do.'
The 30-year-old from Essex is dating Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Artem Chigvintsev since the couple met on the show in 2008.
Although their romance is still going strong Kara, who lives in an old mental hospital in north London, admits she is not dancing any more.
She said: 'I'm not still dancing no, what's funny is that show takes over your life and then you just stop and don't do it again. I miss it.'
Strictly mixing work and play: Former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Kara Tointon and partner on and off the dance floor (pictured left) Artem Chigvintsev on the BBC1 show which they went on to win in 2008
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