Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging oral history: The teen drama that made Aaron Johnson, Georgia Groome and Eleanor Tomlinson stars

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. You’ve made me read!’ open image in gallery From L-R: Gurinder Chadha, Eleanor Tomlinson, Georgia Groome, Manjeeven Grewal, Georgia Henshaw Gurinder Chadha : The way Louise captures being 12, 13, 14, is remarkable. You know when it’s lovely to just see someone smash it, and then you go, “Yeah, that was for you.” open image in gallery Georgia Groome on set Chadha: Eleanor had some great charisma. “People don’t necessarily think films about young women are as clever as films about adults, and particularly about men” When fans of the film look back at ‘Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging’ as adults, it feels revolutionary – an authentic portrayal of teen life often not seen on screen. “It doesn’t feel real sometimes, like I can’t quite believe it was me” Fifteen years later, the once-teenage fans of ‘Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging’ are in their twenties and thirties, and use Chadha’s film to reminisce about their teenage years just as the cast do.