Actress Liv Tyler confessed that she finds traditional British bonfire celebrations “scary” after experiencing them for the first time.

The Lord Of The Rings star, 40, was a familiar face on television screens last week as she starred in BBC One’s gruesome historical drama Gunpowder, based on the famous Guy Fawkes plot.

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The US actress told the Express newspaper: “I’d heard about bonfire night and lived through it in London for the first time last year.

“People were setting off giant rockets in my street – so, actually, I find it quite scary.”

Marking the three-part show’s finale over the weekend, Tyler posted a selfie of the key cast members on Instagram, including Kit Harington, who played Robert Catesby, and Tom Cullen, who played Guy Fawkes.

Harington also shared a behind-the-scenes snap of the pair in full costume.