peter pan - swordfighting the natasha hamilton and henry winkler way

By Catherine Jones on Dec 9, 09 10:00 AM

Natasha Hamilton has revealed that learning her swashbuckling swordfights with Henry "Captain Hook" Winkler has been great fun - but potentially rather painful.
I caught up with the 27-year-old at the Empire yesterday to talk about how pregnancy has grounded her from any flying scenes.

But she told me she's still doing everything else in the show, including sword fighting with evil-looking steel rapiers.
"It looks amazing, like Zorro or Pirates of the Caribbean," she said.
"Henry and I have had lots of hours' training. There are certain things you do and certain things you never do."
One of those things you really shouldn't do is to aim for your opponent's more vulnerable areas, but Tash revealed there had been, well, a "couple of incidents of nearly hitting things in private areas - on both sides!"
But as she added: "There's an element of danger, but you need that in Peter Pan."
Incidently, have any of you seen the advert for Peter Pan on TV with Natasha and Henry swashing AND buckling? I hear it was filmed on the Zebu down at the Albert Dock.
Oh yes it was!