Despite these nerves, Tanya went on to take the role, becoming the femme fatale that was Stacey Sutton in the 1985 hit.
She continued: “I thought to myself, well you can have regrets if you wish, but what’s the point?
“At the time I didn’t know what I know now, and to be honest, who would turn that role down, really? Nobody would.
“All you have to think to yourself is: ‘Could I have been better in the part?’ That’s all you can say to yourself because turning the part down would have been ridiculous, you know? I mean nobody would do that, nobody.”
