United Kingdom, March 11 -- Simone Ashley thinks the movie industry has "come a long way" in terms of diversifying.

The 29-year-old actress stars in the new rom-com film 'Picture This', and Simone has admitted that she's always wanted to play the lead role in a rom-com movie.

The actress - who was born in England to parents of Indian Tamil descent - told Sky News: "I always wanted to play a character like that.

"So, when we got the script, I just jumped on it - because I wanted to fill those shoes, and kind of bring back that 90s rom-com world."

Simone grew up watching the likes of Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz and Anne Hathaway play the lead roles in rom-com films.

But the actress never really saw people like herself in those roles. ...