The Perfect Couple star Eve Hewson details on-set moment that had actors 'having meltdowns' and 'calling their agents'

Eve Hewson has admitted she calls her father, Bono , the "male Kris Jenner," due to his pushy stage dad ways .

Talking in a new interview as she promotes her latest project The Perfect Couple Eve admitted that her dad is always on hand to offer her advice and help her get on with her blossoming career. Eve, 33, is currently starring in the new Netflix series alongside huge-name actors including Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber, Dakota Fanning, and fellow Irish actor Jack Reynor, with the show proving to be a huge hit with viewers.

Appearing on Today to promote the series Eve was asked what it was like having such a famous father as the U2 frontman when she was growing up. She then admitted that she compares him to the famous Kardashian family matriarch due to how he likes to micro-manage her career moves.

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She said: "He's such a stage dad. I've called him this before, and he loves it, but he's like the male Kris Jenner. He's all about it, just a huge, huge fan. He's always like, So this is what you gotta do: You gotta call up this person, you gotta do this,' and I'm like, 'Oh my God, calm down.'"

Asked if he still does it now that Eve appears to be finding her feet in Hollywood she smiled and admitted: "Oh even now, you can't stop him." The actress has been going from strength to strength in recent months with several big roles under her belt.

Talking about the iconic opening dance scene in The Perfect Couple Eve admitted that there was some drama from the cast over the scene before they finally agreed to do it despite their efforts to shy away from dancing.

She said: "It was a surprise attack from the director on the last day. We didn't understand. We were like 'what do you mean? we are making a murder-mystery why are we dancing? What is this a muscial?' And she was like 'just do it.'

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"We all love her we'd do anything for her but we all protested. People were calling their agents, they were having meltdowns, Liev Schreiber was the only one who was like 'I'm doing the dance.' He was so into it.

"We ended up doing it and it was the last scene that we shot together and it was actually a really fun memory to have."