WHEN actress Sophia Myles walks into the room, wearing a plain, white shirt and jeans, you do wonder whether her choice of nondescript outfit was a deliberate one.
Because this is the young woman whose name will soon be synonymous with everything pink.
After bagging the much sought-after role of pink-obsessed Lady Penelope, in the new live movie version of Thunderbirds, opening on Friday July 23, the 24-year old actress has unwittingly found herself the ambassador for every little girl's favourite colour.
So, she's not exactly tickled pink when she's asked - for the millionth time that week, it seems - what her views are on the colour.
"I'm always being asked that," she says looking mildly bored. "But, no, I'm not sick of the sight of it. I quite like pink.
"I'd love a pink Mini Cooper," she says becoming more animated, "I love them. It's a shame we don't have more vibrant colour cars."
You can't blame her for wanting one - after all, this is the girl who gets to bomb around in the film with faithful chauffeur Parker - played by Ron Cook - in a 28ft long, pink, six-wheeled limousine - registration FAB1.
"FAB1 is essentially Lady P's Thunderbird," smiles Sophia.. "There's a really funny line in the film when I say, 'Alan please don't talk about what I do. I'm an undercover agent and I'm trying to be discreet' and then we walk out and see this huge car FAB1."
Whether she's sick of pink or not, there's no doubt the blonde star looks fab in it, or any other colour for that matter. The strikingly beautiful actress, with her cut-glass English accent has been hailed as the Next Big Thing for British cinema.
The relatively unknown star all but steals the show from those Tracy brothers, and arch-villain The Hood (Ben Kingsley) in Thunderbirds.
