Leona Lewis attending the Walking on Sunshine premiere at Vue West End, Leicester Square, London. Photo: Ian West/PA WireLeona Lewis was ‘walking on sunshine’ at the premiere of her debut film on Wednesday.
The former X Factor winner appears in musical film Walking on Sunshine, about a woman getting married in Italy who realises her whirlwind romance is with her sister’s former holiday fling.
Lewis said: “Because I’d been to theatre school when I was young, I’d done a bit of acting before, so I wanted to do something like this – specifically I did really want to do a musical and then this came along and it was perfect.”
The Bleeding Love singer, who wore a glittering black gown and white blazer, said she would love to act again.
“If an opportunity arises from it and it’s the right kind of thing, why not? I’d love to do a musical again because this was so much fun and maybe I’ll do something more serious too,” she said.
Lewis will be in Malta next month to sing alongside Joseph Calleja on the Floriana Granaries on July 18.
The film also stars Greg Wise, Hannah Arterton, Annabel Scholey, Giulio Berruti and Katy Brand, who were all on the red carpet at the Vue cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
Wise, who arrived with wife Emma Thompson and their daughter, wore a kilt which he said had been his wedding outfit.
Arterton said of working with Lewis: “I was quite starstruck for quite a long time, it took me a couple of days to pluck up the courage to relax around her. She’s such an icon. I do most of the lead vocal, so I was, ‘oh my God it’s Leona, how is that going to work?’”