Lily James obsessed with using typewriter

Los Angeles Jan 22 (IANS) Actress Lily James has said she became obsessed with honing her typewriting skills while filming "Darkest Hour".

As a result her fingers got all "muscly" reports femalefirst.co.uk.

"It s a real skill. I actually did six weeks of lessons. I had this wonderful lady come round and she was very diligent and I asked for a typewriter for Christmas " James told Bang Showbiz.

"They (typewriters) are hard with the keys there is a lot of pressure and my fingers got really muscly and I became really obsessive I sort of thought if I could get the typing right it will be fine all my anxiety went into the typing " she added.

"Darkest Hour" in a British war drama featuring Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill. James plays his personal secretary.

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