Kate Beckinsale has a "family with two dads." The actress, who is married to director Len Wiseman, says her nine-year-old daughter Lily - her child with former boyfriend Michael Sheen - is comfortable with their unconventional arrangements and describes it as "a modern dream come true."

She explained: "We're a family with two dads. Somehow it all works out. Lily walks around the house going, 'Daddy!' and several people say, 'Yes?' It's kind of funny. 'No, not you, the other one!'"

Kate Beckinsale wanted to ban her daughter from auditioning for a movie in case she was "a disaster." Producers on "Everybody's Fine" needed a young actress to portray Kate's character as her younger self and asked if Lily, then eight, would try out.

Kate feared Lily might be upset if she didn't get the part, but the youngster managed to change her mother's mind.