I spent weeks interviewing aspiring actors, hearing one horror story after another about how difficult it is to get cast until I hit on the idea of going undercover and experiencing the life of a Hollywood wannabe for myself.
Some other random observations: the "hotly tipped" Adele sang Chasing Pavements and in so doing proved that Amy Winehouse has nothing to worry about - Winehouse could have sung Shed Seven's Chasing Rainbows and still eaten this wannabe for breakfast.
At this point, the duo heard "Wannabe" for the first time, Wilson remembers: "We listen to it, and we didn't get it at all.
In 1998 American retro-satirist duo The Lounge-O-Leers did a kitschy, lounge-inspired rendition of "Wannabe" for their debut album, Experiment in Terror.
His next-door neighbour's 15-year-old daughter is a "pretty young thing" with a "lovely figure", but "sadly, this has made her a target for every half caste and wigger gangsta wannabe for miles around".
Their first album Spice came out in 1996 as did Wannabe, Say You'll Be There and 2 Become 1. Geri joked on Chris Evans' Radio 2 Breakfast Show that they would ask Adele to replace Victoria Beckham after she sang Wannabe for James Corden's Car Pool Karaoke.
