The villain of the piece is Steven Spielberg who, having viewed the original rushes, decided to overhaul the script.

"He wanted to change a few things so now we've got to re-shoot everything," she rues. "Everything's gone back to square one, but it's all for the best I suppose. Both Omero and I were initially gutted because we'd worked so hard. But we're all in it together and everyone wants to get the movie back on track."

On a more upbeat note, the Dubliner's Gotta Tell You album is up to number 79 this week on the American Billboard chart. With an N'Sync support tour to look forward to in the summer, we wouldn't bet against her eventually going top 10.