Absolutely Fabulous: the movie is scheduled for release on July 1. Joanna Lumley, the actress who plays chain-smoking, alcoholic fashion reporter Patsy Stone and Jennifer Saunders, who plays the part of PR agent Edina Monsoon have been interviewed by V Magazine.

The first, desperate to be loved in a lurid Lacroix wardrobe, destroys everything she touches, from her client relationships to her family, while supporting Patsy’s drug-addled life. Frankly, The Devil Wears Prada doesn’t come close to Ab Fab’s mean-spirited depiction of fashion professionals.

In case you haven't followed the show:

Remember: it’s extreme, we’re cartoons. Wearing excessively ill-chosen clothes by high quality, top labels, always two or three sizes too small, that [Edina] put together with hectic abandon. And [Patsy], just a succubus who clings on.

And now Lumley has disclosed that...

Patsy Stone is transgender.

The show has long had a huge following in the LGBT community. Many will not be surprised at Lumley's outing of Patsy.

You go back and pick through it, the amount of gay references and ease with which it's been put into the story, without it being dragged along like a great log of plot.

It's really normal that one of Edina's ex-husbands now lives with his young boyfriend. It's completely normal that Edina wants Saffy to be a lesbian or that Serge is gay and living in New York.

It's completely normal that Patsy is transgender.

--Lumley

The show's creator and writer, Jennifer Saunders added that she's really glad the show is beloved by the community because she's tried for years to make it offensive as possible.

We tried very hard but they refused to be offended - and I admire them for that.

Thank God you're hanging on in there.

--Saunders

The movie will have cameos from the following celebrities:

Abbey Clancy, Alesha Dixon , Alex Jones, Alexa Chung, Alice Dellal, Anya Hindmarch, Barry Humphries aka Dame Edna Everage, Beattie Edmondson, Bip Ling, Brix Smith-Start, Bruno Tonioli, Camilla Rutherford, Chris Colfer, Christopher Biggins, Daisy Lowe, Daniel Lismore, Dawn French, Ella Eyre, Foxes, Graham Norton, Giles Deacon, Gwendoline Christie, Jade Parfitt, Jamie Laing, Jean Paul Gaultier, Janette Tough, Jeremy Paxman, Jerry Hall, Joan Collins, Jodie Harsh, Jourdan Dunn, Judith Chalmers, Kate Moss, Kathy Lette, Kelly Hoppen, Kirsty Wark, La Roux, La Voix, Lara Stone, Lily Cole, Marcia Warren, Mark Gatiss, Miquita Oliver, Nick Grimshaw, Nick Mohammed, Orla Guerin, Ozwald Boateng, Pam Hogg, Perez Hilton, Poppy Delevingne, Richard Arnold, Robert Webb, Rylan Clark, Sadie Frost, Sophie Raworth, Stella McCartney, Suki Waterhouse, Suzy Menkes, Tinie Tempah and Wanda Ventham.

There’s hardly going to be a scene without a celeb in it – and the film is going to be one of the most talked about of the year as a result.