Drew Barrymore & Jimmy Fallon

The Perfect Catch

Interviewed byRachel Simpson

“Wherever you're from, someone's obsessed with some sport”

Take one very British novel, add a supersized portion of baseball, then throw in a Hollywood actress-turned-producer, an ex-Saturday Night Live comic and the Farrelly brothers, and what do you get? Well, that'd be The Perfect Catch, a baseball-flavoured version of Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch that will still ring bells with the most fanatical of footie supporters. Drew Barrymore and her co-star Jimmy Fallon step up to the plate to tell us why their adaptation of Hornby's story about an obsessive sports fan and his long-suffering girlfriend will appeal both to the boys and the girls.

videoWATCH: Drew and Jimmy chinwagging about the film - and being horribly complimentary about each other.

The Perfect Catch is released in UK cinemas on Friday 12th August 2005.