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Old 16-10-2012, 11:46
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Just as a bit of an antithesis to the other thread that's around at the moment ...

Jean Alexander as Hilda Ogden
Lynne Perrie as Ivy Tilsley

Any others?
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Old 16-10-2012, 11:49
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90% of them
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Old 16-10-2012, 11:53
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97% of them.

I would assume, that most of them would be much more pleasant IRL.
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Old 16-10-2012, 11:57
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Most probably put a bit of themselves into their character, particularly if they've been playing them for a long time.

But there are some actors who are totally different to their characters:

Jeff Hordley - Cain Dingle

David Neilson - Roy Cropper

Adam Woodyatt - Ian Beale

Shirley Stelfox - Edna Birch

Alison King - Carla Connor
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Old 16-10-2012, 11:59
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The actor is a Christian
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Old 16-10-2012, 12:01
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Most probably put a bit of themselves into their character, particularly if they've been playing them for a long time.

But there are some actors who are totally different to their characters:

Jeff Hordley - Cain Dingle

David Neilson - Roy Cropper

Adam Woodyatt - Ian Beale

Shirley Stelfox - Edna Birch

Alison King - Carla Connor
I agree with Jeff Hordley from word of the mouth my mums mate once dated him, he's totally different.
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Old 16-10-2012, 12:23
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I doubt many of the baddies and bitches play themselves, if they do I don't think they'd still be in a job.
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Old 16-10-2012, 12:24
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Kate Fors is NOTHING like her character having met her. She's soooo lovely and sweet in real life.

Steve McFadden is a very nice guy aswell.
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Old 16-10-2012, 12:25
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Oh and John Altman of course aswell as Larry Lamb.
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Old 16-10-2012, 12:26
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I remember seeing the guy who plays Sam Dingle in an interview and I was amazed at how different he is
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Old 16-10-2012, 12:27
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I remember seeing the guy who plays Sam Dingle in an interview and I was amazed at how different he is
Me too actually, I couldn't believe he was Sam.
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Old 16-10-2012, 12:39
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I agree with Jeff Hordley from word of the mouth my mums mate once dated him, he's totally different.
I think his brother Matt is better tbh.
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Old 16-10-2012, 12:39
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Regardless of whether the soap character is like the actor, you still need acting talent.

You can't just stand in front of a camera and say your lines, it doesn't work, people who aren't actors look unnatural, can't say their lines with tone, and can't project without shouting.
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Old 16-10-2012, 12:39
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Barbra Knox
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Old 16-10-2012, 13:20
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Too many to name but there's a few who I have seen get praise for being so different in RL..here's a few of them...

Jeff Hordley(Cain), Tom Lister(Carl), Danny Miller(Aaron), James Hooton(Sam), Lucy Pargeter(Chas)
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Old 16-10-2012, 13:20
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Charley Webb seems to be like a happy, cheerful person, totally opposite of Debbie.
Michelle Keegan the same.
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Old 16-10-2012, 13:21
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Charley Webb seems to be like a happy, cheerful person, totally opposite of Debbie.
Michelle Keegan the same.
I was surprised by Charley when I started following her on twitter just how happy and upbeat she seems.
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Old 16-10-2012, 13:23
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I was surprised by Charley when I started following her on twitter just how happy and upbeat she seems.
Still doesn't bloody smile on any promotional pictures though....
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Old 16-10-2012, 13:29
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Still doesn't bloody smile on any promotional pictures though....
She just might do what the photographer/director tells her to in promo pictures.
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Old 16-10-2012, 13:35
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Still doesn't bloody smile on any promotional pictures though....
She's probably in character as Debbie who is a miserable sod.

I think it's the producers to blame for this rather than Charley though, as she has proved numerous times she can actually act when needed but the robotic monotone style in most of her scenes she has going on is horrible.
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Old 16-10-2012, 13:52
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She's probably in character as Debbie who is a miserable sod.

I think it's the producers to blame for this rather than Charley though, as she has proved numerous times she can actually act when needed but the robotic monotone style in most of her scenes she has going on is horrible.
the eps when she found out about Sarah's leukemia were really well done. She was in a totally different league that night.
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Old 16-10-2012, 14:56
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Anyone mentioned Charlie Brooks? She is a fantastic actress, nothing like what Janine is, such a lovely lovely person.
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Old 16-10-2012, 14:58
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Was just about to post this! I met him a few years back when I took my grandparents to a concert of some band from the 70s. He was really nice and offered to buy us drinks
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Old 16-10-2012, 15:02
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Was just about to post this! I met him a few years back when I took my grandparents to a concert of some band from the 70s. He was really nice and offered to buy us drinks
Apparently he still meets up with the girl who played Dotty and her mum and sends the girl birthday cards/presents.

Very nice man, John Altman. Very down to Earth aswell.
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Old 16-10-2012, 15:30
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Personally I couldn't care less what any of them are like in real life. I only care whether or not I believe in the character they are portraying.

I don't currently believe for a single second the following current characters, (by current, I mean the way they are acting now, not necessarily how they used to be) :

Gail Platt - used to be brilliant, now being asked to do pantomime comedy, which is not her forte.

Yobbit & Seanocchio - neither could act their way out of a paper bag

Deirdre - once a serious and multi-faceted character. Now turned into a drudge with no apparent morals or scruples where her psycopath daughter is concerned.

Traceyluv - but then t'was ever thus

Robbie/Ry-un - see Yobbit/Seanocchio above

Gloria Price - brilliant actress but I don't believe in this particular character, due entirely to terrible writing/storylining.

I could go on, but............
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