Keeley Hawes will be on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on BBC One, 29 February, 2008.  The BBC Press office has released some of her comments:

Gene Hunt is a sex symbol.  "He's a sexy guy, I really like men of that period."

She prefers working with men: "It's very blokey ... when you get a lot of men like that in one room it gets a bit smelly."

And she would like to play another gay role: "I love a lesbian drama ... sex with women is very different, you don't have to worry about stubble rash, it's softer, a different smell."