3:08pm UK, Friday January 30, 2004

Hollywood actress Meg Ryan has defended her sulky appearance on BBC1 chat show Parkinson.

Veteran interviewer Michael Parkinson was baffled when the star constantly disagreed with him, and responded with only one-word answers, on his Saturday night show last year.

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But the 42-year-old actress, who was talking to Parkinson to promote her new film In The Cut, now says she was in the right.

The actress said: "I felt he was hostile from the start. And that's my opinion about him."

She told the Daily Mirror: "It would be interesting to see it. I was really surprised by him.

"It was a very surprising day. I felt that he confused my In The Cut character with who I was - that's the most generous thing I can say about him."

Ryan has been single following the break-up of her marriage to former co-star Dennis Quaid.

She said: "He was calling me bruised and wary and I was like, 'You know, man, I'm a guest on your show and I'm here to talk to you'.".

When 68-year-old Parkinson asked the Hollywood actress what she would do if she was conducting the interview, she replied "wrap it up".

Parkinson said that the November interview had been a "challenge", and added: "I don't think she understood what was going on."