RUPERT FRIEND - FRIEND SUFFERS EMBARRASSING SLANG MIX-UP WITH PFEIFFER

FRIEND SUFFERS EMBARRASSING SLANG MIX-UP WITH PFEIFFER

British actor RUPERT FRIEND discovered first hand the embarrassing differences between U.S. and U.K. English when his CHERI co-star MICHELLE PFEIFFER unwittingly invited him to feel her up.
Keira Knightley's boyfriend stars as Pfeiffer's toyboy lover in the period drama, and one scene sees Friend cheekily slap her on the bottom.
But the shoot left Friend red-faced because Pfeiffer began referring to her backside using the American slang "fanny" - a term which refers to the female genitalia in British colloquialism.
He explains, "There was one scene where Michelle's getting a massage and I wanted to hit her on the bum; I asked if I could and Michelle said, 'Yeah, you can smack my fanny all you like!' And in England a fanny means a completely different part (of the body)! In America it's the middle of a woman in the back; in England it's the middle of a woman in the front!"