With their teams of make-up artists, stylists and hairdressers, celebrities seem to have everything under control, but Sandra Bullock has revealed that even superstar actresses are not immune to minor skin irritation.

Talking about her latest film, The Lost Cityin which Bullock plays the role of author Loretta Sage alongside Channing Tatum and Daniel Radcliffe, the actress admitted that she suffered from terrible skin irritation during filming.

In an interview with Zoe Ball on Radio 2’s Breakfast Show on Thursday, the 57-year-old actress revealed that her outfit for most of the film – a skin-tight pink catsuit with sequins – was less than ideal for some of the film’s scenes.

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She revealed that the friction created “sensitive areas,” but the film’s costume designer, Marlene Stewart, was more concerned with protecting Channing Tatum’s face.

“Anyone who wears sequins like we do,” she explained to presenter Zoe Ball, “knows what comes with it, namely that the areas are sensitive when you wear an outfit like that for several hours.”

“But our costume designer was more worried about me scratching Channing’s face with it,” she added. “She didn’t care if I was in pain, she just wanted to make sure Channing’s face was unharmed, and I thought to myself, ‘What is here?'”

“She didn’t care,” Bullock joked. “She wanted to make sure Channing’s beautiful face was intact, and that was it.”

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In the action comedy, Bullock plays Loretta Sage, a romance novelist who is kidnapped by billionaire Abigail Fairfax (played by Radcliffe) in the hope that she can lead him to a treasure featured in one of her books.

“Our type of girl,” she explained to Zoe Ball. “She’s a very uptight, withdrawn, anxious person.”

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