How Victoria saved the day with a Posh frock
Victoria Beckham helped to ensure newcomer Debbie honeywood was dressed for success on the cannes red carpet.
First- time actress honeywood stars with kris hitchen, rhys Stone and katie Proctor (as her husband and two children) in ken Loach’s excellent film Sorry We missed You, which had its premiere at the cannes Film Festival and is a contender for the Palme d’or.
honeywood was picked by Loach and his producer rebecca o’Brien, even though the community worker from tynemouth, tyne and Wear, had never acted on film before.
When Sorry We missed You, about a family struggling to stay afloat and out of debt despite both adults working all hours, was chosen to screen in competition at cannes, the film’s production team realised the cast would need evening wear. Festival
protocol dictates that women wear evening gowns, and men sport tuxedos with bow ties. the cast did not possess such attire and the call went out to designers, asking if they would help. Some declined because they did not consider them high-profile enough. But Victoria Beckham’s atelier did respond, even offering to travel to honeywood’s home to fit the midnight blue gown. She looked stunning when i saw her on the red carpet. She and her fellow actors are amazing in the film, too. hitchen plays a family man who sells his wife’s car to buy a white van for delivery work — not realising he’s bound to pay penalties if he delivers parcels late, or needs to take time off. honeywood’s abbie is a contract nurse who works day and night, visiting patients at home; often not being paid for out-of-hours call-outs. it’s a heartbreaking, outstanding film — and one of the few that has stayed with me.