Isla Fisher may always look a million dollars, but the self-confessed tomboy is actually nothing like her latest character in Confessions Of A Shopaholic, the big-screen adaptation of Sophie Kinsella’s bestselling novel.

In fact, Fisher says she was literally thrown in the fashionista deep end to play the film’s out-of-control spendthrift Rebecca Bloomwood, who’s forced to take stock when her shopping obsession leaves her drowning in debt.

“Playing Becky was fun. But I’ve never been mad on fashion; I’m most happy in a T-shirt and jeans,” says the 32-year-old mum, who researched the role by attending shopaholic support groups and learning from the film’s style guru, Patricia Field.

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