Karen Gillan has revealed she is trying to ‘do a better job at parenting’ than ‘the previous generation’.

Despite having praised her mother and father for being good parents, Ms Gillan said she feels there are things she could improve on.

Speaking ahead of the release of her latest film The Life of Chuck, the Scots star explained that working on a story about the end of the world had made her reevaluate her own legacy.

She even vowed to ‘shield’ her daughter Clementine, whom she shares with husband Nick Kocher, from things she doesn’t want to ‘pass on’ to her.

Karen told film review website Cherry Picks: ‘We can all look back on out upbringings and see the things that were done well in our upbringing and the things where we might be tied up in knots now. And we might have to learn how to undo them as adults.’