Rachel McAdams embraced 'Time' challenge

Rachel McAdams has revealed that she enjoyed revisiting her younger years in The Time Traveller's Wife.

The 30-year-old star's new movie sees her playing artist Clare Abshire at various ages as the story of the character's relationship with time traveller Henry DeTamble is told.

Speaking about the role in an interview with PA, she commented: "It was fun to be 16 again! We spent a lot of time talking about the hair, the clothes, and the make-up.

"I worked with such amazingly talented people that just a brush stroke would change my face a little bit. I looked at myself in the mirror one day and I didn't really realise we were doing the older Clare that day and I said 'Oh, I'm looking a little haggard', before being told it was paint."

Asked if she would like to time travel herself, McAdams replied: "I'd be afraid I would throw it all out of whack. I wouldn't want to mess with it too much.

"But I would love to see my parents falling in love or seeing them as children. This film made me think about going back and seeing the people that you love in a different time, and how fun that would be."

The Time Traveller's Wife, based on the novel by Audrey Niffenegger, is released in the UK on Friday.