If you’ve watched the hit film Saltburn, the chances are you’ll remember the graphic scene featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s disco track Murder on the Dancefloor and actor Barry Keoghan’s extraordinary nude dance.
Sophie’s mother, actress, writer and former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis, certainly does.
“I saw the film at a screening at 10.30 in the morning, sitting between Sophie and my grandson,” she says with a knowing smile, joining HELLO! for this exclusive interview.
“If I’m honest, I thought the song would come over the end credits, but in fact, it’s an actual sequence – and a particularly memorable sequence, too.”
Her grandson’s reaction, she adds, was “a little less voluble than me, but he enjoyed it”.
Janet, 68, couldn’t be happier that her daughter is enjoying a career renaissance…
