Poppy Delevingne landed her role in Riviera after having an argument with co-star Jack Fox

Poppy Delevingne has revealed she landed her role in Riviera by having an argument with her co-star Jack Fox during her audition. 

The model, 34, stars as Daphne Eltham in the Sky Drama after joining in the second series, with Jack, 35, playing her twin brother Nico. 

Speaking on Wednesday’s episode of This Morning, Poppy told how she was already a fan of the show and watched the entire first season a flight from London to LA.

When she was offered to audition for a role on the series, the socialite told Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford she ‘jumped at the chance’.    

She said: ‘The very first audition was just a generic audition where they gave me a few scenes to learn.

‘But the second audition was a chemistry read with Jack Fox who plays my twin, Nico, and we’d known each other for a few years before.

‘The director wanted us to do some improvisation and we ended up having a little bit of a fight between us about what we were improvising.’

Poppy told how the argument ended up working in her favour, adding: ‘At that point the director turned around saying… “I think I found my twins, if they’re having an argument off set [it will work]”.’ 

Riviera follows Georgina Clios (Julia Stiles), an art curator whose life is turned upside down after the death of her billionaire husband in a yacht accident.

Poppy’s character befriends Georgina after she rescues her from the sea while on her honeymoon.    

Speaking about what fans can expect from series three, Poppy, who is the older sister of Cara Delevingne, told how viewers will see Daphne ‘unravel’.

She said: ‘Daphne comes to realise how evil and deceitful, and twisted her twin brother is and begins to unravel.

‘When you next see her in season three you witness her demise, she is still charming… but she has elements to her where she has fragility and vulnerability but she goes to the dark side.’ 

Poppy said the show is the perfect form of escapism for fans amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

She said: ‘You can sit on your sofa and be transported to all these exotic locations, we go to Venice to Argentina, it’s pure escapism and you can just sit back and relax.

‘All these beautiful people… and underneath there’s all this corruption and you can get lost in it.’ 

Riviera airs Thursdays on Sky Atlantic at 9pm.