I’d Do Anything winner Jodie Prenger has already dropped from a size 16 to a 14 whilst rehearsing for the role of Nancy, but she is determined to go even further and fit into a pair of size 12 jeans.

However that’s as far as she wants to go, because Jodie is sure the public don’t want to see a skinny Nancy.

Jodie told this week’s Closer magazine:

‘No one wants a stick-thin Nancy – after all she’s described in the book as stout!’ she said.

‘She’s supposed to be curvy with a good bust. I’d always want to keep my 36DD boobs so I can do justice to my corset.’

‘I’m always jumping on and off tables, so playing Nancy is a good workout in itself’, she says.

Before competing on BBC’s I’d Do Anything, Jodie also took part in reality TV diet show The Biggest Loser on Living TV and, over six months, lost almost half of her body weight, dropping to 9st 9lbs and a size 10.

Now that she’s lost the bulk of her weight, Jodie says she’s the happiest she’s ever been: ‘At 18st, I put on a bubbly front, but underneath not an hour went by without me feeling miserable about my weight.

‘Only a fat person can understand that. I feel like my life began at 27 – when I first lost the weight – and it’s been a total whirlwind ever since!’