Poppy Delevingne reveals how she bagged Riviera role after row with co-star in tense audition
POPPY Delevingne may be branching out into more acting roles, but she had to fight tooth and nail for her biggest job yet.
The model and socialite, 34, plays Daphne Eltham on the Sky drama after joining the popular series in the second season.
Riviera is set in the French Riviera and follows Georgina Clios (Julia Stiles), an American art curator whose life is turned upside down after the death of her billionaire husband Constantine.
The third season picks up one year after the explosive finale of the second series and sees Georgina, now Ryland, leaving the cursed Riviera for a new life.
Delevingne plays the wife of wealthy philanthropist Raafi Al-Qadar and who goes on to befriend Georgina after they rescue her from the sea while on their honeymoon.
The model was already a fan of the show after watching the entire first season on a flight from London to Los Angeles.
Even though she has picked up some huge acting roles in National Geographic’s Genius, and films like Kingsman: The Golden Circle and Bittersweet Symphony, Delevingne used lockdown to "work on my craft".
"I feel so new to the game and so much to learn," she admitted on This Morning.
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"I've been online doing training and acting coaching... anything I could do to keep myself busy."
Riviera airs Thursdays on Sky Atlantic at 9pm and is available to stream on NOW TV.