Drew Barrymore has insisted that hiring Christina Applegate as her sister in Going The Distance was perfect casting.
Barrymore claimed that after spending a substantial amount of time with her co-star on set, she began to realise that she and Applegate physically resembled each other, reports Contactmusic.
She said: "I thought it was interesting, I felt like we started to really look alike, which I thought was cool. I loved when people cast siblings where it's actually feasible could have come from the same womb, so I felt like we started to morph."
The actress also revealed that knowing the former Married With Children star since childhood helped the pair naturally bond as sisters on the rom-com.
She added: "We used to be in a dance class together when we were kids, but she looked really good in spandex and I did not. I've known her forever. We have a lot of parallels. It worked for us."
Going The Distance is released in the US on September 3 and the UK on September 10.
