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Disappointed with Julie Hesmondhalgh
She has not portrayed someone dying of cancer very well at all. In order for the storyline to make sense, we should really get a sense of deterioration, and that is what is mostly lacking.
She still seems exactly like Hayley but with the occasional twinge and slightly slower movement. Even in Friday's episode, she was bellowing to Roy in another room, feisty and tough with Tracey and generally seemed totally coherent and with it.
Her voice would have deteriorated by now and she would have been much weaker and everything would be more of an effort. She has actually not really changed at all, and that has not been conducive to a realistic representation of someone so close to the end of their life.
Next to David Neilson, she is always going to come a poor second, but I feel she has not paced this well at all, and it is a shame that she will bow out on this mediocre performance.
She still seems exactly like Hayley but with the occasional twinge and slightly slower movement. Even in Friday's episode, she was bellowing to Roy in another room, feisty and tough with Tracey and generally seemed totally coherent and with it.
Her voice would have deteriorated by now and she would have been much weaker and everything would be more of an effort. She has actually not really changed at all, and that has not been conducive to a realistic representation of someone so close to the end of their life.
Next to David Neilson, she is always going to come a poor second, but I feel she has not paced this well at all, and it is a shame that she will bow out on this mediocre performance.
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I suppose she is just doing as she is told/directed in how to act the scenes out that have been written for her.
I did like the strawberry storyline, yes a bit extreme with the jam but I do recall standing in a queue in a shop where there were only two strawberry tarts and I wanted them for my poor mother who was in the late stages of cancer and all she wanted was a strawberry tart, I dared anybody in front of me to ask for those tarts,only to get back with them and she took a corner from one then couldn't manage the rest,
I bet that is a nice memory about the strawberry tarts.
I have one about blueberries with my Dad
Aye she's bloody awful
I agree.
Julie has done an excellent job imo and I have certainly seen her deterioration over the last few weeks. And as someone else has said, the whole point of this sl is that she gets to take her own decision about when to die before she is too sick, weak and drug-addled to be able to do so unaided.
My Dear old Mum in law died from cancer (her 4th time of having it) and was feisty up until 2 days before she died at the ripe old age of 93 !
In reality, Hayley doesn't look like she's about to die with terminal cancer. But that's no one's fault, the make-up team done the best with what little they've got I assume.
But when Carla was like "she's skin and bone" (or something like that), I thought "really?"
..I agree with you hallo girl
You are right that the SL is intended to end before Hayley becomes extremely poorly.
I also think that Julie Hesmandhalgh has portrayed Hayley convincingly.
To me Roy and Hayley are a believable couple and that is as much down to Julie Hesmandhalgh as well as the excellent David Neilson.
I personally think Julie has been fantastic throughout this story, but each to their own.
I agree with you, and think the suggestion that she's been mediocre or wooden is absurd. Some people on DS absolutely love to find fault.
Great post, well said, sean.
If that's the case then shame on Julie. She's an actress she should act whatever they throw at her.
I understand that it affects people differently, but surely the best portrayal would be to show a deterioration so that the average viewer can get a handle on the fact that she is on her way out and no longer enjoying any sort of quality of life.
Also, as other posters have said she is ending it before she gets to that stage, I agree, but we also need to see that things have got pretty bad for her to come to that decisio at this time. I was shocked when she said to Roy that she had to do it 'tomorrow' as she seemed as if she could still talk to him normally and spend time togther happily for a while longer. It seems like she is bowing out too soon and making the decision while she still has plenty of juice.
Have you ever seen someone in the final stages of cancer? My aunt died of it and when I went to see her, it was an indescribable sight. I couldn't talk about it at all and I certainly don't want to see that on tv. I think the way they are proceeding is probably the best way to handle it.
I don't really care that she may not look as ill as she might, it is the acting that should be better. The strong front is there, but how effective would it be if she came across as being strong whilst being obviously weak and deteriorating? As it is, she's coming across as pretty normal.