Phil Daniels: "Why are they ruining EastEnders?"

[Deleted User] · 27/04/10 - 01:00

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/soaps/2948871/Former-EastEnder-Phil-Daniels-slams-shows-clueless-bosses.html

It's a chance for me to come back from the dead if they want glamour. There aren't enough laughs in EastEnders for me - and there weren't when I was doing it either!"

:rolleyes: This guy hasn't got a clue IMO

iiHEARTy0u · 27/04/10 - 01:09

The only comedy has been the acting by fatboy.

[Deleted User] · 27/04/10 - 01:13

If Phil Daniels thinks he added "glamour" to the show then it is him who doesn't know what the viewers want.

SULLA · 27/04/10 - 01:15

xx~ronnie~xx wrote: »

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/soaps/2948871/Former-EastEnder-Phil-Daniels-slams-shows-clueless-bosses.html

:rolleyes: This guy hasn't got a clue IMO

I think he's spot on:)

[Deleted User] · 27/04/10 - 01:19

SULLA wrote: »

I think he's spot on:)

No suprises there

Blackadder V · 27/04/10 - 01:19

To be honest the double storylines of Chryed and Lucas the mass murderer have been brilliant (despite how stupidly unrealistic burying the body under the tree was). I said I would never get back into the show again after they killed off Danielle (which I still consider a terrible decision but lets not go there) but they have dragged me right back in.

The only thing at the moment that is pissing me off about eastenders is Ben Mitchell. Other than him I am liking the show alot.

ListedBuzz · 27/04/10 - 01:20

He wasn't comedy or glamour, the fool.

iiHEARTy0u · 27/04/10 - 01:20

What is wrong with Ben??

superstar111 · 27/04/10 - 01:20

It's true.
It hasn't been great since Archie's murder.

dan2008 · 27/04/10 - 01:30

h the sun as usual:yawn:

Its not like he's actually a good actor is it

dan2008 · 27/04/10 - 01:31

superstar111 wrote: »

It's true.
It hasn't been great since Archie's murder.

A whole 2 months:yawn:

It's not the first time phills moaned

superstar111 · 27/04/10 - 01:40

dan2008 wrote: »

A whole 2 months:yawn:

It's not the first time phills moaned

Yes, because christmas was two months ago.

dan2008 · 27/04/10 - 01:43

superstar111 wrote: »

Yes, because christmas was two months ago.

I was actually going on about the LIVE episode.
He just wants to get in the paper thats all

Charnham · 27/04/10 - 02:30

um, ive read his article, I know Phil is entitled to his POV, but I just dont see it.

Maybe he is saying this because some friends of his have been axed, but getting rid of Minty is generally exactly what the fans want.

Meanwhile the episode are as good as they have ever been

monalisa62003 · 27/04/10 - 02:38

Charnham wrote: »

Maybe he is saying this because some friends of his have been axed, but getting rid of Minty is generally exactly what the fans want.

Meanwhile the episode are as good as they have ever been

maybe but some of us do like minty lol

Sara Webb · 27/04/10 - 02:40

xx~ronnie~xx wrote: »

If Phil Daniels thinks he added "glamour" to the show then it is him who doesn't know what the viewers want.

I think he was joking!!

This made me laugh:

Instead he wants to ape the success of talent search shows like I'd Do Anything and Over the Rainbow by turning his notorious 1977 film Scum - about life in a British borstal - into a musical and casting the roles in a telly contest.

Phil reckons his acting experience and time spent singing with Blur give him the perfect credentials to be a judge.

He said: "Scum the musical - that would be good. We'd have to have a mixed borstal to get girls in it too.

"I'd like to pick a star. I could sit alongside Louis Walsh. Anybody interested contact me. I'd be a good judge."

Charnham · 27/04/10 - 02:57

monalisa62003 wrote: »

maybe but some of us do like minty lol

well there is no accounting for taste.

Blackadder V · 27/04/10 - 03:19

Minty is alright, but like Billy Mitchell, if they are not going to evolve his characters in any way then I would rather he just left or at least it wouldn't matter too much if he did.

Especially Billy, he is just getting boring now

Billy has a good intentioned idea - Billy is trying his best to make it work - Billy looks like he is going to achieve his goal - Billy tells everyone - Something happens and it doesn't work and Billy either ends up upset or with egg on his face. Mix in a few scenes of people disrespecting or having doubts about Billy amongst the chain. Then rinse and repeat ad infinitum.

Once characters get like that then it really is not that big a shame if they go and Minty may be one of them. He may be a little grumpier than he used to be but it is a bit same old same old with him. Unless I have missed some big character beefing storylines from Q2 - Q4 2009 when I didn't watch EE.

Murray Mint · 27/04/10 - 07:15

All this coming from Phil Daniels, who acted very badly throughout his stint in EastEnders. Phil is a great actor, but in EastEnders he was something else. Also, his character, Kevin Wicks, was absolutely dire. I couldn't stand him.

wallo mr slug · 27/04/10 - 09:17

xx~ronnie~xx wrote: »

No suprises there

lol at people who get upset when someone doesn't like EE.

Why do people care what Phil Daniels says. He's entitled to his opinion. If it's different to yours then so what? Get over it

The_abbott · 27/04/10 - 09:25

Kevin WIcks was one of the worst characters ever.

davedub · 27/04/10 - 09:31

apart from the live ep last nights ep was one of d best in a good while

haphash · 27/04/10 - 10:14

Phil Daniels is a very good actor and the writers on EE really messed up with him. He could have been as popular as Alfie was at one time as an East end character with a bit of banter and humour. Its sad that they didn't write better for him, but instead they had to give him awful kids and a really depressing storyline.

[Deleted User] · 27/04/10 - 10:56

wallo mr slug wrote: »

lol at people who get upset when someone doesn't like EE.

Why do people care what Phil Daniels says. He's entitled to his opinion. If it's different to yours then so what? Get over it

Your just the same though. So wot if I don't agree with people who don't like EE? there's always people like you who try and get there two pennys worth moaning about the people who "moan" about the who don't like EE. in your words "get over it" too

haphash · 27/04/10 - 11:01

Murray Mint wrote: »

All this coming from Phil Daniels, who acted very badly throughout his stint in EastEnders. Phil is a great actor, but in EastEnders he was something else. Also, his character, Kevin Wicks, was absolutely dire. I couldn't stand him.

All the above was the fault of the script writers who signed him up then couldn't think of anything decent for him to do. The storyline with the kids finding out he was lying to them was appalling. However good an actor is they cannot save a production from a really bad script!

[Deleted User] · 27/04/10 - 11:03

haphash wrote: »

Phil Daniels is a very good actor and the writers on EE really messed up with him. He could have been as popular as Alfie was at one time as an East end character with a bit of banter and humour. Its sad that they didn't write better for him, but instead they had to give him awful kids and a really depressing storyline.

I'm probably wrong in saying this but everything I have ever seen him in, he's place a variation of the same part. Tough guy, idiot, cheeky cockney sparrow etc etc.

All as Phil Daniels.

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