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...