Alison King (Carla) was brilliant on Corrie last week
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The big story was the surrogacy drama but for me, Alison King's performance surpassed everything else that went on.
I loved watching Carla go through a range of emotions in every epsiode. At the start of the week, she was anxious and desperately hoping she was wrong about her brother. Then there was the confusion, frustration, hurt, sadness, anger etc.
Her monologue in Tuesday's episode was exceptional. After discovering her brother's betrayal, a distraught Carla sat down with Peter and quietly told him a story about 'the coat she never did get'. While the story was not particularly sensational, it was relevant because Carla was thinking back to a time when she felt hurt and betrayed by her brother (after he stole the money she had managed to save from working in a shoe shop every Saturday) it gave us a bit of an insight into Carla and Rob's past and Alison displayed an incredible depth of emotion. She was tremendous in that scene. Imagine how different it could have played out if the writers had given a monologue like that to the wrong actor. I won't mention any names.
Chris Gascoigne (Peter) was also excellent in the scene.
The Carla / Rob confrontation on Friday was brilliant too. After feeling confused, hurt and betrayed it was was time for Carla to be angry with "dumbo". Again, another terrific performance from Ms King, which involved Carla dishing out some home truths to Rob and practically battering her brother until Peter stepped in and declared, "He's not worth it".
I also liked Rob's line "It's not my fault you were the smelly girl with one pair of shoes" because Carla's reaction said it all. She will do anything to avoid revisiting her childhood and the past that she was so desperate to escape from, but we all know she's gonna have to face her demons at some point. I can't wait.
Their confrontation ended with Rob shouting "Carla, you finished with me twenty years ago!" When you take away the stolen silk, the sibling rivalry, Rob's betrayal and Carla's refusal to send her brother back to prison - that is what is hanging over both of them - the fact that Carla 'escaped', probably the first chance she got, she made a life for herself and Rob was left behind. He resents her for that and she blames herself.
This is a long post but I only really wanted to say that Alison King's performance last week was acting in its finest form.
I loved watching Carla go through a range of emotions in every epsiode. At the start of the week, she was anxious and desperately hoping she was wrong about her brother. Then there was the confusion, frustration, hurt, sadness, anger etc.
Her monologue in Tuesday's episode was exceptional. After discovering her brother's betrayal, a distraught Carla sat down with Peter and quietly told him a story about 'the coat she never did get'. While the story was not particularly sensational, it was relevant because Carla was thinking back to a time when she felt hurt and betrayed by her brother (after he stole the money she had managed to save from working in a shoe shop every Saturday) it gave us a bit of an insight into Carla and Rob's past and Alison displayed an incredible depth of emotion. She was tremendous in that scene. Imagine how different it could have played out if the writers had given a monologue like that to the wrong actor. I won't mention any names.
Chris Gascoigne (Peter) was also excellent in the scene.
The Carla / Rob confrontation on Friday was brilliant too. After feeling confused, hurt and betrayed it was was time for Carla to be angry with "dumbo". Again, another terrific performance from Ms King, which involved Carla dishing out some home truths to Rob and practically battering her brother until Peter stepped in and declared, "He's not worth it".
I also liked Rob's line "It's not my fault you were the smelly girl with one pair of shoes" because Carla's reaction said it all. She will do anything to avoid revisiting her childhood and the past that she was so desperate to escape from, but we all know she's gonna have to face her demons at some point. I can't wait.
Their confrontation ended with Rob shouting "Carla, you finished with me twenty years ago!" When you take away the stolen silk, the sibling rivalry, Rob's betrayal and Carla's refusal to send her brother back to prison - that is what is hanging over both of them - the fact that Carla 'escaped', probably the first chance she got, she made a life for herself and Rob was left behind. He resents her for that and she blames herself.
This is a long post but I only really wanted to say that Alison King's performance last week was acting in its finest form.
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Hey Tom, well executed and excellently observed. I couldn't have put this better myself! Totally agree with everything you've written here. I've so enjoyed this week's Carter episodes, tremendously. Ali and Chris's performances,..so perfectly nuanced. I love them,...long may they continue!
It probably sounds biased because I'm such a big fan of hers, but I totally agree with her overshadowing the surrogacy storyline. All of the actors involved in that have done a brilliant job and I do love Michelle Keegan, but I still feel like Ali's swiped them out and the writers have done such a good job this week delving into her childhood - something we've never had before and have been left wondering about for so long!
But yes, as always, she's done a brilliant job - Let me remind you all that she's up for Best Actress for the TV choice awards so go go go and vote!!!!
I completely agree with you
I liked the way it was directed, the close-up shots made it more intense and the acting was truly superb. It was subtle, understated but powerful.
I agree OP. Alison King was brilliant last week
If it was all about looks Alan Halsall wouldn't have won Best Actor at the BSAs and NTAs this year would he? And Ms King is not exactly even considered the "sexiest" by the majority; that gong goes to Keegan and Georgia May Foote.
No one even thought to bring in her appearance. We're talking about her acting. I guess some people are just prone to being superficial.
I can only presume that reply is steeped in jealousy or something but that's a common problem among women anyway thanks to the society of "perfection" we live in.
Re the post on her looks, her looks had nothing to do with any of the points made, no one is discussing her looks, just her simply amazing acting skills.
Not that I'm calling Michelle Keegan et al bad actors, in fact I think Michelle is seriously underrated, but I agree that in one subtle look, Ali portrays just as much emotion, if not more, than was portrayed in whole scenes with the surrogacy storyline. I know I'm biased in part, being a big Ali/Carla fan anyway, but scenes like Carla's 'coat story' and when she disowned Rob last night, which should have been more supporting scenes to the big headline action, actually stood out a whole lot more to me. With Ali you can see she really feels Carla's pain, empathises with and understands her character, as opposed to merely reading out lines and following direction.
She's proof that you don't need to scream and shout to make an impact, and actually some of her most powerful performances are in those tiny little details that most people wouldn't even think about, but come together to completely pull in the viewer. I think Chris another rare actor in this calibre, which is partly why they work so well together and why I think they have so much chemistry. Going from a scene with the two of them to a scene with *certain other actors* can almost be like watching an entirely different programme, the gulf is sometimes that huge.
Enjoy!!
http://youtu.be/QgqrGO5tLU4
Glad to see them get more of a storyline.
Ali consistently acts brilliantly and, depending on the writing, she always manages to produce an amazing scene or two every now and then.