Mum's the hero

For her Byzantium role, actress Gemma Arterton emulates her loving and protective mother

GEMMA Arterton’s mum was mortified when she turned up at Ardmore Studios in Bray, Ireland, where her daughter was filming her vampire picture, Byzantium.

“Mum was wearing this black lace top,” explains the English actress who plays Clara, a prostitute and protective mother turned vampire and slayer of degenerate men.