Lucy Punch has admitted her ‘good experience’ working on Woody Allen film You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger has been ‘tainted’. The 47-year-old Amandaland actress, who got her big Hollywood break in the 2010 film, described the project as a ‘failure’ in hindsight, even though landing the role ‘really changed her life’. ‘There are plenty of [personal regrets] that I don’t want to actually resurrect and talk about. My list of failures? I did a film with Woody Allen, a very long time ago, and I’d been out of work for a long time before I got that,’ she told The Independent.

‘That really changed my life, getting that job, because I was ready to pack it all in. It’s difficult to say that now because of all the stuff that’s happened around him since then. Filmmaker Allen has faced sexual abuse allegations over the years, including being accused of abusing his adopted daughter Dylan when she was as young as seven. The Annie Hall director has denied the claims, while a number of actresses have spoken out against him.

Kate Winslet said she had ‘regrets’ about working with him, while Hayley Atwell spoke about her ‘bizarre’ on-set experience and ‘stood in solidarity with his daughter’. However, in a recent interview with Variety, Allen has insisted ‘not one [woman] had ever complained and there’s nothing to complain about’ when it comes to his films. Previously addressing the allegations made about Dylan, he said: ‘Nothing that I ever did with Dylan in my life could be misconstrued as that.’.

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. Actress Punch acknowledged the ‘controversy around’ the director, but remains ‘proud’ of her breakthrough. ‘I’m proud that I got the role. And I also had a good experience working on it,’ she added. ‘But there’s controversy around him, so it feels that good experience is tainted by that.’.

Now, she is reprising her Motherland role as Amanda in its new BBC sitcom spinoff, and she didn’t let herself reflect too much on taking the lead for the first time. ‘I haven’t thought about it too much, otherwise I’d have freaked out a bit. I’ve never been front and centre; I’m used to playing a supporting character, and I like that. It’s less pressured,’ she said. And although she doesn’t think she’s too similar to Amanda, she does share her character’s delusions, particularly when it comes to having meetings about potential acting jobs.

She finds herself planning for the future in her head, even wondering about new schools for her kids, adding: ‘I actually think it’s a saving grace, because you need some blind hopefulness. ‘Then after the audition, it’ll be s***, and I’ll fall back into self-loathing.’. What I Own: I quit London at 48 and bought my first home in Sussex for £325,000. London's cheapest place to rent revealed — but it might not be for long.

Londoners are flocking to this ‘bustling’ neighbourhood 10 miles from the centre. If you live at this house number, your property could be 'cursed'. What I Own: I bought my £820,000 Nine Elms flat through a little-known saving scheme. Amandaland is coming to BBC One on Wednesday, February 5 at 9pm. Got a story?. If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we’d love to hear from you.