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. Parminder Nagra americaamericanball Change image and share on social
But we had a fantastic coach, Simon Clifford, who runs a British football youth game which teaches Brazilian techniques - which is what we wanted to incorporate into the film. And some of those things we eventually got in. Parminder Nagra brazilianbritishclifford share on social
In terms of the frustration of my character, I suppose any teenager has probably gone through that, in terms of telling their parents, I want to do one thing, and their parent says no. I think parents sometimes forget that they were children. Parminder Nagra characterchildforget share on social
My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one hand - he says exactly why, actually why he's frightened for his daughter. He came to this country, England, and had a bit of a crappy time. Parminder Nagra asianbitebritish share on social
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. Parminder Nagra cardiodecidefilm Change image and share on social
But I think it's also hard to get into soccer here. I think purely on a time level on television as well because of the ad breaks. It's something to do with that as well. You can't show a complete soccer match here. Which I kind of find a bit of an odd thing. Parminder Nagra bitebreakcomplete share on social
But it's a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don't want people latching on to a particular stereotype. Parminder Nagra answerlatchpeople Change image and share on social
I got to go to Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, Madrid, America. Parminder Nagra americagermanymadrid Change image and share on social
At times those skills were really hard to do because not only was I having to contend with the camera, but I was having to learn these new skills and the ball was always kind of doing what you didn't want it to do. So it got a little bit frustrating at times but we got there. Parminder Nagra ballbitecamera share on social
No, I didn't quite know to what extent the football might be, but it was quite a bonus for me to try to learn new skills and to keep fit at the same time. Parminder Nagra bonusextentfit Change image and share on social
