Anna FrielAnna Friel has revealed she refused to be pushed around when a Pushing Daisies producer asked her to lose weight for the television show.

She told Women’s Health magazine recently: “I told him he could have me - or a model without a brain in her head.”

“The obsession with weight today is just incredible. Curves have gone out the window, and I don’t understand it. For me, I think if you’re disciplined enough to stop eating when you’re not hungry, then you can maintain a balance.”

“Look at French women: They eat cheese, drink wine, and they have incredible bodies and skin. I can’t even do that water, water, water thing. I get so bored of it. But I do drink English tea, PG Tips, all day long. Eight cups a day!”

“I also eat three bananas a day, every day. On set, they call me Anna Banana. I’m obsessed. If I’m tired, they make me feel better.”

She added she has a similar lax attitude to exercise: “When I first moved to LA, I got a trainer, but when we started doing the show, the whole thing fell apart. But I have a row machine now. That’s how I lost all my baby weight in three months!”