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 *** | July 2004 News Added To Archive | *** For over 2 years of News and Pictures on Emma please click on the links in the left hand column. Do NOT under any circumstances direct link or post direct links to any files on this site anywhere, if you want to use them on your own site upload them to your own server!!! | News Archive Password Protected | -- To access our News Archive please enter the following login details on the password gate. :: Username -- leechers :: Password -- suck May 09, 2005 | Download 'What I Am (with TinTin Out) DVDrip | -- What I Am (with TinTin Out) [DVDrip] Format: mpg & m2v (vcd / svcd) Credit: ? :: mpg (40.82mb) :: m2v Torrent D/L (81.36mb) [VIP Members can download the m2v through a normal download link in the VIP Section] April 25, 2005 | Emma Says Hi | -- [Credit: Emma Bunton Official] Emma's locked away in the studio working on new material, but she's just added a new diary entry to the site filling you in on what she's been up to - including the hilarious spot on Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. Check out what she has to say in My Diary. April 25, 2005 | The Write Stuff | -- [Credit: Emma Bunton Official] With the whirlwind of TV shows, signings and press calls of her US trip behind her, Emma's currently taking things at a more relaxed pace. But that doesn't mean she's not working just as hard. In fact Emma's currently busy penning songs for her third album. It's early days in the song-writing process but apparently things are going really well and the new material sounds just as fresh and exciting as the songs on Free Me. You'll have to wait a while until you hear the finished products but in the meantime, we promise to keep you up to date with all the news as we get it so keep checking in to emmabuntonofficial.com. April 02, 2005 | Pal Tham Gaya HQs | -- [Credit: Robert from Emma Generation] 
 April 02, 2005 | Baby Spices things up in Bollywood | -- [Credit: Tim & Hello Magazine] Emma Bunton has shown off an exotic new side to her character by making her debut in a Bollywood movie. The former Spice Girl has filmed a cameo appearance in the flick Pal Tham Gaya. And the 28-year-old looks all set to become a Bollywood queen, because producers have now offered her the chance to take a starring role in another production. Movie bosses were apparently so impressed with Emma's performance that they want to make her a silver screen star. She will receive around £1 million if she accepts the role and, given that the Indian film industry is even larger than Hollywood, it could lead on to big things indeed. Her break came as a result of a BBC documentary in which she traded places with one of the subcontinent's hottest talents. The equally glamorous Sameera Reddy, who has been dubbed the "Jennifer Lopez of Mumbai", journeyed to London to appear in an episode of the medical drama Casualty. "The idea is to give viewers a look at how high life differs in different parts of the world," explained Emma. "Everything in Bollywood is so grand and beautiful - it has lived up to everything I imagined." 
 Picture 1 - The singer ditches her Baby Spice image in favour of a little eastern promise. In true Bollywood style, Pal Tham Gaya is an all-singing, all-dancing romance Picture 2 - Emma struts her stuff with local talent Soha Ali Khan. The dance routines were a little different to the ones she used to perform in her days as a Spice Girl, but the 28-year-old took it all in her stride [Source: Hello Magazine -- www.hellomagazine.com/film/2005/03/31/emmabunton] March 24, 2005 | New Diary from Emma | -- [Credit: Emma Bunton Official] Hi everyone, Hope you’re all well and it’s sunny wherever you are. I’m just back from New York and I’m loving the fact that Spring has finally arrived in London. After all that snowy, cold weather, it seemed like it would never happen! I wasn’t in the States for long on this trip – just a flying visit really – but I fitted in a couple of performances. One was at a club called The Copacabana where I was singing live while also doing the energetic dance routine for ‘Maybe’ – not as easy as it looks, I’m telling you! But it was amazing to be on the bill with huge dance acts and the crowd was fantastic. Thanks to all the fans who came down and supported me – hope you had a brilliant time. It may only have been a quick visit this time round, but I still managed to fit in a few of my favourite NY things. A trip to Magnolia Bakery in Greenwich Village is a must for me – their cupcakes are the best thing ever! And I swung by Abercrombie and Fitch which is always great for picking up vests and t-shirts. I even managed a bit of accidental star-spotting when I bumped into Matt Dillon in a coffee shop. We’ve met before so I said hi – he’s always really friendly. But now I’m back in the UK and taking a bit of a rest from jetting about. Next month is mostly pencilled in as studio time so I’ll be getting stuck into some writing and recording for the next album. I can’t wait to start experimenting and see what comes out of it. And I promise I’ll keep you posted on how everything’s sounding! Till then... Lots of love Emma March 24, 2005 | Don't Miss Emma In Bollywood | -- [Credit: Emma Bunton Official] Emma's just back from the US and getting ready to go into the studio to work on her next album, but that doesn't mean you won't be hearing from her for a while. In fact, Ms Bunton will be gracing UK TV screens this week when her long-awaited Bollywood documentary gets its first airing. Entitled Spice Trade: Emma Goes To Bollywood, the show is part of the Swaps series and sees Emma switching roles with Indian film star Sameera Reddy to join the cast of a Bollywood movie in Mumbai. The show will be on BBC2 this Saturday 26th March at 1.30pm, and will be repeated on Tuesday 29th March on BBC2 at 11.20pm. Plus there's something for US fans to look forward to too: Emma did a shoot and interview for O, Oprah Winfrey's magazine while she was in New York and you can expect it to be hitting shelves in July. March 24, 2005 | Emma Bunton: 11 Questions (Feb Interview) | -- [Credit: IGN Insider] February 01, 2005 - What needs to be said about Ms. Emma Bunton? Astute followers of pop culture, pop music in particular, are well acquainted with the loquacious blonde mopped songstress. How could you not be? She was the ubiquitous "Baby Spice" for the duration of the worldwide successful blitz that was The Spice Girls. But times have changed and while "girl power" may still exist, Bunton has shifted her energies into becoming a wholly more well rounded, dare I say "mature" singer/songwriter. In the space between Baby Spice and Emma Bunton there exists two solo albums, both under the latter's moniker. First there was the European only A Girl Like Me, a rather generic, albeit chart topping, affair that saw the singer struggling to find her identity amidst a string of tracks that had her sounding like every other female pop star on the market (i.e. Madonna, J-Lo, Kylie, Britney, etc.). But three years and some change have passed since then and Bunton's latest, Free Me, which was released overseas in early 2004 and just recently received it's Stateside debut, shows the world that Baby Spice has indeed grown up. Borrowing heavily from the camp filled excess that was the world of 1960's era pop, Bunton has captured a look and sound that brings the fun, not to mention flashy Euro style back to the femme fatale world of pop, a world which has spent the past several years slipping into darkness, both musically and fashion-wise. We caught up with Ms. B to discuss her second (or is it third?) coming, what it's like living with the Spice Girls legacy, '60s style, German porno music, and other hot topics. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emma Bunton: Hi Spence! IGN Music: How are you doing Emma? EB: I'm good, how are you? IGN: I can't complain. So, I've got a few different types of questions to throw your way and as such I figured that I'd toss out the "hard-hitting" ones first. EB: Okay… IGN: There's always been a sort of stigma attached to the Spice Girls, which I'm sure that you're more than aware of having gone through the whole pop idol maelstrom. Have you had trouble shedding your connection to that group and have you consciously been trying to re-invent yourself since you embarked on a solo career? Or do you strike a balance between embracing your past while at the same time recognizing that you've changed? EB: Absolutely! I think you just knocked it right on the head. I embrace every single moment that I was with the Girls, you know? We had such a fabulous time. But it's also given me the opportunity to move on and be a solo artist. I met the girls when I was 18, that was 10 years ago, and I just feel that I've naturally grown up. With this album I had lots of input with writing the lyrics, I had a lot of input on the videos, so I've been so lucky because I've come over here [to The States] and people have really been open to me, they've listened to the album without judging it, so I feel very lucky. In the U.K., obviously people have watched me grow up through the press, and I've had two albums out over there already, but coming over, I did think 'Everyone hasn't seen me since The Spice Girls. How are they going to react?' And they've been so open about it and very positive. It's been incredible. IGN: One of the things I noticed when listening to your previous album and Free Me, this one seems a lot more playful… EB:Ahhhhhh… IGN: If I can be brutally honest, A Girl Like Me was a rather generic pop album. This one seems like you've found more of your own… EB:…that I've found myself? Yes! IGN:…groove. It had more personality as opposed to the songs on the first album which seemed to be mimicking Madonna here and another artist there and had an overall generic pop/dance feel to it. EB: Oh, you're so there. You've really done [your research]. With my first album, A Girl Like Me, it was my first album after The Spice Girls and also there's a lot naiveté in that album. Going into the studio on my own, it was a very strange feeling working with different producers. I loved every minute of it and I did still write all of the lyrics and stuff and I had an amazing time. But this album, Free Me, I sat down, I kind of found myself again, and just sat down and realized 'Who am I? What do I like?' And I've always talked about how I love Motown music, I'm such a fan of it. So I thought 'Well, I just want to bring elements of that into it, but obviously still be very modern.' So I wanted to work with producers that I know and that I love and that I had a bond with. I knew how I wanted the album to sound right from the start. So, yeah, I think again it was just a very natural growing up and knowing exactly where I wanted to head with this album. IGN: I find the Motown remark interesting. I hear much more of a '60s Europop influence and a Burt Bacharach vibe than a Motown one. EB: Even though I'm huge fan of Motown music, it was more in the fact that I had all the musicians coming into the studio and we did everything live. So there were just little things like that, working like they would have been done in the '60s, you know little melodies here and there. Also more of an influence was the Dusty Springfield and people like that. Absolutely it's much more of a '60s [vibe], but I would say that my first inspirations growing up was Motown and then I kind of went around and listened to other '60s music, so I think that's why you can hear that. There's a track right at the end that actually Diana Ross and the Supremes really influenced me there. IGN: Watching the videos that go with the album, the whole '60s Euro vibe is really apparent. I mean the video for "I'll Be There" has that Robert Denied/Jean-Luc Godard visual flavor. And then of course "Crickets Sing For Anamaria," that video has a strong Elvis, kitschy feel. And then there's that What's New Pussycat-meets-James Bond vibe on "Maybe." EB: Well with "Maybe," I don't know if you know it, but there's a film with Shirley MacLaine called Sweet Charity. It's one of my favorite films. So we took quite a lot from that, as well. I think just because I love that era, from way back, I love that whole '60s mini-skirt/big boot [look]. It's just something I feel comfortable with. I just feel very comfortable in that era. IGN: Also on the album you borrow a lot from South America. The "Crickets" song was a hit down there that you reinterpret and of course the video for "Free Me" was shot in Rio. What's the allure with combining that '60s Euro-kitsch with the South American rhythmic flavors? EB: I think because I had the opportunity, obviously with the video being shot in Rio, to visit some bars and we danced and I just thought 'I really want to listen to some of their '60s albums.' So I went and picked up some Astrud Gilberto and that's where I heard "Crickets Sing For Anamaria." And I just felt that with this album, that even though it obviously has got a '60s feel, but it's still very up and some of the tracks are summery and you want to dance and you know, I love dancing. So there were bits like that I just wanted to take into the album, as well. And I think the whole album kind of fits in really lovely, they kind of all work together. Basically I love dancing and I love to see people dancing to my music, even though, obviously there's some great ballads on there, as well, it all just seemed to fit in really well with the whole Latin thing. --IGN Music-- March 17, 2005 | Emma Performed "Maybe" on "The View"!!! | -- [Credit: Must Suck Torrents] :: http://www.must-suck.net/torrents/emma_bunton-maybe-the_view-20050316-dtv_dvdr-ch1.mpg.torrent Size: 167.63 MB Format: NTSC MPEG-2 720x480 4:3 25FPS, 384kbps Dolby 2.0 [Please Note: the above file is a Bit Torrent download link for the torrent tracker] March 17, 2005 | The States And Beyond… | -- [Credit: Emma Bunton Official] Emma’s a busy bee at the moment, splitting her time between working on new material and heading off on promotional trips like her recent visit to Germany. Thanks to all the fans who came out to support her and made her trip such fun! This week Emma has a couple of big appearances lined up in New York where she’ll be performing live on TV and headlining a massive live party. But she won’t have much time leftover to take in the Big Apple’s sights as Emma will then be jetting straight back to the UK to get stuck into some serious writing for her next album. We’ll keep you posted on everything she’s up to and how that new material’s going – in the meantime, you can find all the details of those US appearances over in International News. March 13, 2005 | Emma on Comic Relief | -- [Credit: Emma Generation] Emma was on hand last night to aid to the estimated £61 million Comic Relief hopes to raise this year for more than 6,000 charity projects. One of the TV highlights of the night included Emma joining pals Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley for an Absolutely Fabulous skit. The skit had Patsy and Edina arriving at BBC Television Centre with Emma, then spending the night trying to ditch her for not being cool enough. Emma also took part in a photoshoot carried out by showbiz pal Jamie Theakston. Emma donned her charity Tshirt to complete an American football look. The shot can be seen exclusively on the site. To find out how you can donate to Comic Releif visit the website. March 10, 2005 | Emma "Spotted" by 3am Girls | -- [Credit: KungFuCandy*VoR on DenDen Forums] Emma Bunton snogging boyfriend Jade Jones all night in the Pop bar in London's West End... March 10, 2005 | new interview from The Celebrity Cafe (U.S.)... | -- [Credit: The Celebrity Cafe] To view this interview click here March 07, 2005 | Emma's Image is A Bit Too Spicey | -- [Credit: Robert -- Emma Generation] Taken from the Daily Star Sunday. Baby Spice Emma Bunton, who's battling hard to make it big in the US. was thrilled that so many Yankees were keen to accost her on the street. But it was a bit of a blow when she discovered that it was a case of mistake identity. Apparently many New Yorkers think the blonde babe bears a striking resemblance to playgirl heiress Paris Hilton - best known for being caught on video in raunchy romps with an ex-boyfriend. Emma, 29, confided wryly: "I keep getting stopped and I thought it was great until one 'fan' said she thought I was Paris. I had to remind her I was once a Spice Girl!" Emma's single Free Me broke into the top five of the US dance music charts. So she's been spending a lot of time in the States to boost sales of her new album with the same title. She's determined to succeed over the Pond where the other Spice Girls failed and is even trying to but a New York apartment. She said: "I grew up close to my family but i'm more independant now." February 20, 2005 | Emma to be on Ant and Dec (Saturday Night Takeaway) | -- [Credit: angel101 on Spice Videos Forums] As part of their undercover feature where Ant and Dec dress up and try to trick a celebrity (as they did to Geri), Emma is one of their latest stars to be set up. Not sure the date she is on, but will post as soon as it's known. Likely to be next week, or the week after. February 20, 2005 | UnderGroundOnline Interview | -- [Credit: UnderGroundOnline] After conquering the world and selling millions of albums with the Spice Girls, Emma Bunton has dropped the moniker Baby Spice and is now taking her art a bit more seriously. On her new album, Free Me, Bunton has written all of her new songs along with some high-powered producers such as Cathy Dennis and Ray Hedges. She's even been stealing some of the controversy spotlight from The Beckhams with her revelation on the Howard Stern radio show that she still has an adult toy that fellow Spice girl Mel C gave her. Saucy. Free Me is already a hit in the UK, but Bunton is ready to forget about the baby and spread the Emma stateside. UGO: You're a busy person these days. Emma: I'm a busy young lady, yes. But it's all good. UGO: The name of your new album is Free Me. What are you freeing yourself from? Emma: Oh, you know, when I started to write for this album, I just went off all on my own and did it with these great producers. I just did whatever I wanted with it. I just felt very free at that time to be completely me and do exactly what I wanted to do. UGO: So you're not freeing yourself from the shackles of being Baby Spice? Emma: Oh, no. She's a big part of me. I definitely had the most amazing time with the girls and being a part of that. Though now I feel like it's given me an opportunity to move on and be a fellow artist. UGO: Are you going for a more mature audience with this video and album? Emma: I think so, yeah. Obviously, I've grown up a lot, though the good thing is that it still crosses the board. I think that I still have kind of teenagers and younger people coming up to me and singing "Maybe," which is a kind of up-tempo track on the album, and then there are the mid-thirties guys singing "Free Me," and coming up to me with that. It's all across the board in the UK, and so hopefully it'll do the same in the US. UGO: Do you have anyone left to have pillow fights and go on late night ice creams runs with any more? Emma: Oh, I do. I've got my girlfriends at home. They're always asking me when I'm going to come home, because I've been away for about three or four weeks now. So we need a girlie night out, I think. UGO: Do you win the pillow fights? Emma: Oh, always. I'm quite competitive. UGO: Did Sporty used to win them, and now you're the king? Emma: Well, I don't know if that was the case. We usually would just all end up in a heap laughing. But Mel C is actually my neighbor, so we still see each other a lot. UGO: There was stuff all over the Internet after you were on The Howard Stern Show about what Scary Spice gave you. Emma: Howard, bless him. It was fine. UGO: How was it working with real professionals like Cathy Dennis and Ray Hedges? Emma: Oh, it was amazing. I've actually done stuff with Cathy for years, and it was quite funny, because the first day, we didn't get too much done because we had a lot of stuff to catch up on. We ordered Chinese food and had a bottle of wine so we didn't get too much done. But she's such a lovely person to work with, and she really brought out the fun side of me. We work well together. But also I'm a big fan of theirs and I knew how I wanted it to sound right from the start. I sat down with Ray, we talked about it and I played him some songs, then he got it straightaway. So we worked very well together as well. UGO: What band was Ray in before? Emma: Zero 7. UGO: What made you go with a Latino twist on the track "Crickets?" Emma: I got the opportunity to go over to Rio to do my first video, then I ended up in the bars dancing and having a great time. I just wanted to hear what was around in the '60s, and so it was perfect. I just thought that it really went well on the album. UGO: How did you decide what the video was going to be, and what made you decide to make it so sexy? Emma: Well, what happens is that when I'm in the studio writing a song, I generally come up with an idea. The idea was that I wanted to be a foreign girl for a day. So we decided to go to Rio and it was just amazing, with the steamboat and having a gorgeous guy in the video. It just worked well for the song. UGO: If you had a chance to be a real James Bond girl, would you do it? Emma: Maybe. I think that'd be fun. UGO: Are you a big movie fan? Emma: I am. I love movies and great cinema. Also, I used to be into video games, but I don't get much time at the moment. But it is huge fun. UGO: What kind of video games did you use to play? Emma: Well, obviously, I used to be kind of into the Mario Bros. and all those kinds of things. But now there's some great kind of golf which I was kind of playing the other day. You can kind of lose yourself in them. UGO: What movies do you watch on the tour bus? Emma: I actually love all types of films. Obviously, I'm a huge fan of the kind of old school stuff. I love Grease and all those musical kinds of films. But I loved Meet The Parents, and I'm dying to see the sequel. But I think that if I needed to stay up at night it'd have to be comedy. I love dramas and stuff like that, but at night I like to go to sleep to something funny. UGO: Would you ever slip in Spice World to reminisce? Emma: I thought that was funny. Yeah, I'd watch that sometime. UGO: I read that, in the recording studio, you are kind of bossy. Emma: I am, yeah. It's something that I've only just realized. But yeah, since this is something I'm creating for myself, I can be bossy, because I want it to be right. In the studio, I'm like, "I want the strings up. I want my vocals up." So I'm quite bossy, definitely. UGO: Were you like that in the Spice Girls? Emma: Yeah, definitely. Behind the scenes, I loved coming up with ideas and stuff. But I've definitely become more bossy in my old age. UGO: Do you still have your tattoo on your butt? Emma: I haven't got one on my butt. I do have one right at the bottom of my lower back. It's a Japanese symbol which means to stay grounded. UGO: Have you gotten any more? Emma: No, just the one. That's enough pain, thank you. UGO: Would you have gotten the tattoo in the first place if you knew it was going to hurt? Emma: I don't know actually. It was when I was with the girls. A few of them were getting tattoos, and I kind of just got into the excitement of it all. But it's somewhere that's hidden and no one can see it, and it's just something I had done for me. UGO: What is your songwriting process? Emma: Well, generally I have a little book which I take along with me and I just write down thoughts and feelings. It could even be something that I'm talking about with my girlfriends, and my friends telling me about how her boyfriend or friend did something. So I can just write down things. It's basically life that influences me. UGO: What super power would you like to have? Emma: I would like to be invisible. I would like to go back to school and see what they're saying and just things like that. Go into the men's room, that'd be fun. UGO: What do you think they are saying about you in the men's room? Emma: I don't know what they're saying, but we could have a look around. UGO: I read you were in Brooklyn over Christmas. Emma: I came over just before Christmas actually to do a bit of shopping. I came over with mom and some friends so it was good fun. UGO: What do you like about New York? Emma: I like going over for the shopping and the food. I love LA as well, because I'm a huge fan of, obviously, the weather, and I've been there so many times that I've got some friends there. I just love being over on this side. UGO: Beside my questions, what have been some of the silliest questions you've had to answer? Emma: You're doing fine. Actually, everyone has been really positive, and they've really talked about the music. I think that, sometimes in the UK, they have been known to ask what kind of biscuit you'd be. That's silly, isn't it? UGO: Well, what kind of biscuit would you be? Emma: [Laughs] I don't know. February, 2005 | Emma Bunton: Baby, It's You (VH1 Interview) | -- [Credit: Rafael -- Emma Guide] Baby Spice is a sex kitten if there ever was one. She talks about her Motown jones, her bossa nova fetish and watching Spice World with her girl pals. by C. Bottomley ,br> For six years, Emma Bunton was "Baby Spice," the most cutie-pie member of the Spice Girls. With her blonde pigtails, dumpling cheeks, and mile-wide smile, the North Londoner fit the part to a tee. But oh baby, look at her now. With her new solo album Free Me, the singer has grown into a contemporary sex kitten with 1960s overtones - all bedroom eyes and breathy whispers. Her music has matured, too. Free Me finds Bunton dipping a dainty toe in both Motown and bossa nova, while never forgetting the pop hooks that made the Spices so irresistible in the first place. The singer spoke to VH1.com about karate, Spice reunions and smelly things. VH1: You turned 29 in January. What are your favorite kinds of presents? Bunton: The best things are the simple things. I love smelly candles, and I love underwear and I love socks, and I will use those. Sometimes you get these presents, and they're gorgeous, but I never get to use them. That's why I love to get smelly candles. VH1: So after a hard day's recording, you like to get the incense going? Bunton: Absolutely. A nice bath...I love all that. I love reflexology, which something that my mother does. I enjoy all that kind of stuff. VH1: Doesn't your mom teach karate, too? Bunton: The kind of karate that she teaches is more like self-defense and discipline. There is not a lot of fighting. It's more to do with disciplining yourself, keeping yourself in balance. VH1: When was the last time you won a fight? Bunton: It's not about fighting. You learn punching, obviously, and stuff like that, but you are never allowed to use it on anyone. It's called Shotokan and it means "closed fist." Unless it's absolutely necessary and you're being attacked or something, you don't use it. VH1: Do you think you could throw me? Bunton: Maybe. I mean, I know where to pinch a man that would hurt him very much... VH1: So do I, and I didn't have to take lessons. Bunton: No, no, no - it's not the obvious. So there you go. VH1: Does Free Me reflect your changing musical tastes? Bunton: Absolutely. Motown was all I would listen to when I was younger. I would move onto other people, but it always seemed to come back to Motown for me. Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Dusty Springfield...I just loved that kind of music. So I wanted to bring an element of Motown into my music, and the way we did that was I had all the musicians come into the studio and we did all that live. When you listen to it, you can hear live strings and live drums. I think that is what makes it sound kind of '60s. VH1: Where did the Brazilian thing come from? Bunton: What happened was that I got to shoot my first video, "Free Me," out in Brazil. I had an amazing time out there, went to some amazing bars, and obviously went dancing. I thought the music was amazing, and wanted to look for a Sixties album, and I came across Astrud Gilberto. Her song "Crickets Sing for Ana Maria" felt right for the album, 'cause it still had a Sixties thing to it. VH1: Why is the press still fascinated with the Spice Girls? Bunton: I saw the girls just last week and we talked about it. We were really proud of what we achieved, being UK artists that went over to the US and all over the world. We are all still flattered that the press is still interested in what we do. For me, the press has been very supportive, I have been very lucky with them. VH1: Victoria Spice and her husband David Beckham haven't been so lucky. Bunton: Yeah, she has had a really tough time with them, bless her heart. But I think she has learnt how to deal with it in that respect. It's also going to be tough because she is married to a very famous man. VH1: What is it like when the five of you are back in a room together? Bunton: We are all busy doing our own thing, so when we get together we want to talk about our families, how they are doing, what boys we are seeing, how are the babies...stuff normal girls talk about. We don't straight away go, "Hey, how's business?" It's just something we don't talk about. VH1: When was the last time you saw the Spice Girls movie, Spice World? Bunton: A couple of years ago my friends came over and they hadn't actually seen it. They begged me to put it on. I didn't really want to do it, but in the end, I did... It brought back a lot of memories. I know there have been a few people that have spoken negatively about it, but when you take it for what it actually is, it's such a funny film. We were taking the mickey out of ourselves, the writer was fantastic, and all the cameos...it was just amazing! There was Richard E. Grant, Elvis Costello, there were just so many. It was amazing to be a part of it. VH1: Did you ever balk at the name Baby Spice? Bunton: I bloody love it. I think it is the best name ever. I got the best one, 'cause you can say it either way. VH1: The costumes were pretty suggestive of what kind of baby you were. Bunton: I can't remember the last time anyone has called me "Baby" at home, but overseas people haven't seen me since Baby Spice. They just have to get to know me a little bit. Obviously there will always be a little touch of Baby Spice in me. She is a part of me. But I think people will see that I have grown up. VH1: I remember a scene in Spice World where you wondered if you were still going to be Baby when you're 40. Bunton: Thirty! See, that is the thing. Because obviously 30 is not old. I couldn't stop laughing at that. It's just such a piss-take. VH1: So are you looking forward to turning 30? Bunton: I am actually. I feel very lucky about what I have achieved and that I have achieved so much. I can look back and think 'wow'. There will be more dreams and everything. |
