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What actually happened between Devon Anderson and Bryan kirkwood?
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s1...le-recast.html
Bryan sacked him twice and killed him of... Now Bryan has recast him in hollyoaks?? Does anybody know what Bryan's problem is with this guy? It must go beyond bad acting surely...? |
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I`m sure I read somewhere that Devon was continually late for filming and holding up production. Also Devons "I`m the big I am" attitude didn`t help either.
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Maybe Devon said no when BK asked for more semi naked scenes for Sonny? It does seem like BK is a bit of a perv lol
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I think it's pretty obvious Kirkwood has had personal disagreements with the actor. Allegedly Anderson was repeatedly late to the set of Hollyoaks and was sacked, which is fair enough. Unfortunately Kirkwood took over EastEnders just as Anderon returned and sacked him from that show too (and made certain he couldn't return by killing Billie off).
Kirkwood's reign at EastEnders also saw a record number of high-profile stars taking breaks or quitting. Just saying... |
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When he was killed off from EastEnders I didn’t want to believe that Kirkwood had a vendetta against Devon. I was blissfully ignorant in believing it was for storyline purposes. Now however I agree – Kirkwood obviously can’t work with him. Just cements my view that Kirkwood is a petty, difficult man.
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Devons "I`m the big I am" attitude
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When he was killed off from EastEnders I didn’t want to believe that Kirkwood had a vendetta against Devon. I was blissfully ignorant in believing it was for storyline purposes. Now however I agree – Kirkwood obviously can’t work with him. Just cements my view that Kirkwood is a petty, difficult man.
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Its hardly being petty and difficult to sack someone for being unprofessional - its the right thing to do. Acting is very much team work and if an actor is late or doesnt learn lines, or has had a heavy night and isnt in a good condition, not only do they hold up the production which costs a lot of money but they also make things very difficult for their fellow actors
They would lose money every time they had to halt production because of lateness. Lorraine Newman suspended Shona McGarty, without pay, for the same offence. |
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Its hardly being petty and difficult to sack someone for being unprofessional - its the right thing to do. Acting is very much team work and if an actor is late or doesnt learn lines, or has had a heavy night and isnt in a good condition, not only do they hold up the production which costs a lot of money but they also make things very difficult for their fellow actors
We don't know the full details of course, but admittedly it doesn't look good. |
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I've always thought killing off Billie Jackson was really short sighted. I was never thrilled with Santer giving Devon the role as from an acting point of view I always thought Devon was weak. However there was nothing stopping Kirkwood from writing the character out for a while and then reintroducing him as a recast. Its not like Kirkwood isn't shy of doing this.
Killing off Billie left Carol pretty much in limbo for a year. I've no idea if a storyline was scrapped to make way for Billie's death but after that initial story was over she became an extra pretty much until early 2012. I'm not taking away from how amazing Billie's death episode was. I just don't think it was needed and if I'm remembering rightly neither did Lindsay Coulson herself. On the subject of Kirkwood and Anderson's personal relationship. Who really knows. Devon has never spoken of any ill feeling and if Kirkwood did fire him because of a personal vendetta Devon could have had a case against him. So I don't think anything extreme happened. It was probably more Kirkwood just not being a fan of him as an actor. |
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Its hardly being petty and difficult to sack someone for being unprofessional - its the right thing to do. Acting is very much team work and if an actor is late or doesnt learn lines, or has had a heavy night and isnt in a good condition, not only do they hold up the production which costs a lot of money but they also make things very difficult for their fellow actors
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I've always thought killing off Billie Jackson was really short sighted. I was never thrilled with Santer giving Devon the role as from an acting point of view I always thought Devon was weak. However there was nothing stopping Kirkwood from writing the character out for a while and then reintroducing him as a recast. Its not like Kirkwood isn't shy of doing this.
Killing off Billie left Carol pretty much in limbo for a year. I've no idea if a storyline was scrapped to make way for Billie's death but after that initial story was over she became an extra pretty much until early 2012. I'm not taking away from how amazing Billie's death episode was. I just don't think it was needed and if I'm remembering rightly neither did Lindsay Coulson herself. On the subject of Kirkwood and Anderson's personal relationship. Who really knows. Devon has never spoken of any ill feeling and if Kirkwood did fire him because of a personal vendetta Devon could have had a case against him. So I don't think anything extreme happened. It was probably more Kirkwood just not being a fan of him as an actor. Max had also just lost Bradley, and Jack was about to lose James; so three of the Branning siblings had each lost a child within a year. So it was a little gratuitous. |
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The character was never hugely important so I didn't particularly care that he was killed off, it did lead to a great few episodes though. I think Billie's death was genuinely one of the best stories in EastEnders for years; no sensationalism, just exploring a mother's grief for her youngest son. However, it was ruined when Carol started shagging his mate
Max had also just lost Bradley, and Jack was about to lose James; so three of the Branning siblings had each lost a child within a year. So it was a little gratuitous. I've always wondered where Santer would have taken him. The army storyline might have developed into something good. Again I'm not slating the episode in which he died as its one of the best EE episodes ever but long term I think it was the wrong decision. |
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Its hardly being petty and difficult to sack someone for being unprofessional - its the right thing to do. Acting is very much team work and if an actor is late or doesnt learn lines, or has had a heavy night and isnt in a good condition, not only do they hold up the production which costs a lot of money but they also make things very difficult for their fellow actors
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No but it does look petty when Kirkwood sacked him for a second time at EastEnders, for no apparent reason.
We don't know the full details of course, but admittedly it doesn't look good. |
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Well an actor getting fired from two shows means he is the problem imo
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Sure if Devon behaved like that on the Hollyoaks set – as reported – then I agree that Kirkwood isn’t acting in a petty manner. However subsequently killing him off in EastEnders and then recasting his Hollyoaks role, stinks of Kirkwood personally having a problem with the actor. There are no rumours of Devon behaving out of turn in his last stint in EastEnders and now he’s been recast in Hollyoaks shows the Kirkwood clearly can’t work with him and isn’t willing to give him a chance.
So if Devon is difficult to work with its funny how no stories have been in the press about him. |
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Well an actor getting fired from two shows means he is the problem imo
I guess none of us will know unless Kirkwood or Anderson speak out! |
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The same person fired him from two shows, it doesn't seem that straight forward imo.
I guess none of us will know unless Kirkwood or Anderson speak out! |
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