Support act steals the show

THIS is shaping up to be the year of the bridesmaid.

Already the US comedy Bridesmaids, starring Kristen Wiig and Rose Byrne, looks set to be one of the biggest movie hits of the year. Then, of course, there is Pippa Middleton who fought an, ahem, rear-guard action to quietly steal the show during the recent royal wedding of her sister Kate to Prince William.

P-Middy isn’t the only one to up the ante for bridesmaids — Keira Knightley recently played the starring role in her brother Caleb’s wedding to fiancée Kerry Nixon.