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Worst actor and actress in Corrie?
Who do you think are the worst actor and actress in Coronation Street? Most of the people in the show are competent, some are superb, but others are mediocre.
IMHO, the worst actor is Bill Ward (Charlie Stubbs). There's just something about him which doesn't ring true. Nothing seems natural in his performances. But even worse than him on the actress front is Wendi Peters (Cilla). She shamelessly overacts every scene she's in and can't let five seconds go by without pulling a grossly exaggerated facial expression. She irritates me every time she's on and I'd like to see her written out. Cilla is supposed to be a comedic character, but Wendi Peters just doesn't pull it off. |
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Who do you think are the worst actor and actress in Coronation Street? Most of the people in the show are competent, some are superb, but others are mediocre.
IMHO, the worst actor is Bill Ward (Charlie Stubbs). There's just something about him which doesn't ring true. Nothing seems natural in his performances. But even worse than him on the actress front is Wendi Peters (Cilla). She shamelessly overacts every scene she's in and can't let five seconds go by without pulling a grossly exaggerated facial expression. She irritates me every time she's on and I'd like to see her written out. Cilla is supposed to be a comedic character, but Wendi Peters just doesn't pull it off. Worst actress:- Kate Ford. She's had a complete talent bypass & is excruciatingly bad to watch whenever the script requires her to deliver some degree of emotion. Her scenes at Christmas when Amy got kidnapped were woeful & inadequate. Thank God she's leaving too. |
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Worst actor has got to be Bruce Jones (Les Battersby) - he's terrible - he stutters every sentence, to try and fake surprise, he's just awful
Worst actress - I think Sally Lindsay (Shelley) is actually pretty poor - she's very wooden in my opinion and seems to suffer from the 'stuttering syndrome' old Les has |
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don't know about actor probably Danny Young
Kate Ford has to be one of the worst actresses in television. Grinning isn't acting anyone can do that. When she says words like "gob" and "nowt" she shouldn't sound like the middle class good girl she is in real life, but a back street northern slapper that Tracy is supposed to be. There are countless examples of dry-eyed crying. There are even examples of when Tracy is supposed to be crying Kate is visibly laughing. Kate Ford fails to put any emotion into her voice. Look at Christmas Eve when she just stood there and casually said about Karen taking Amy. She didn't really shout at the burning car she just said it casually. When Kate is supposed to do emotions she often gets them wrong. You only need to see Amy's christening episode a class example. Karen thumps Tracy to the ground. Instead of showing pain on her face or even fury Kate Ford just smiled back at Suranne as the best friends they were in real life. Kate and delivered her llines casually. The examples just go on and on. Kate Ford has been carried by the writing team and the stories she has been given. How woe and betide her when she has to go up for something that really calls for her to do something dramatic when she leaves Coronation Street. I'm sure she will do well as a bit player or a sex siren but I hope she doesn't have any great ambitions of being taken seriously as an actress beyond soap. |
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What do the people on this forum have aganst Kate Ford - it all seems very personal. She isn't that bad an actress - OK, she's a bit stretched when it comes to the emotional stuff, but give her a break - she's just about to meet her birth father only for him to die pretty soon after!!!!
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What do the people on this forum have aganst Kate Ford - it all seems very personal. She isn't that bad an actress - OK, she's a bit stretched when it comes to the emotional stuff, but give her a break - she's just about to meet her birth father only for him to die pretty soon after!!!!
I hope she doesn't stand there and grin if Ray drops down dead but what's the betting she will grin and smile somewhere and won't show the remotest bit of shock when she is introduced to him for the first time in 27 years. I will gladly say sorry if I turn out to be wrong and she does some acting for a change. |
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The Worst Actor and Worst Actress for me would be Danny Young and Kate Ford too. Danny is really wooden and I can never understand half of what he says. And Kate seems unable to portray a range of emotions, she always seems to be portraying something else instead. Like the episode where Karen sped off in the car with baby Amy- the way Kate delivered her lines didn't sound like a frantic mother in a panic because a deranged woman had accidentally kidnapped her baby!
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i never liked danny, now he's leaving....possibly adam barlow or adam rickett [altho they're not here anymore]
kate ford isnt great - altho i think cilla is superb |
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Worst actor - Bruce Jones (Les Battersby), shouting loudly does not make you a good actor, usless, Les could have been a great character, instead he's now one that makes me want to throw things at my screen. Awful
Worst actress - Probably Katie Ford, really can't do heavy emotional scenes, and her 'grinning like a loon' at Steve is starting to get very tiresome. |
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Kate Ford is much better than Dawn Acton, her predecessor
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I dislike the actor who plays Dev (Jimmi H) and Ciaran (Keith Duffy), and would have to say Tracy (Kate Ford) too!
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I dislike the actor who plays Dev (Jimmi H) and Ciaran (Keith Duffy), and would have to say Tracy (Kate Ford) too!
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In defence of Wendi Peters - the overacting and face pulls is part of the character. The character is very over the top and that was probably the direction she was given by the directors and producers in how to play the character. When you see her interviewed in real life she is totally different to Cilla in every way so it actually is a total transformation to perform as Cilla and a really amazing performance. I think some characters like Sean and Candice don't have to actually totally transform themselves too much from their off screen persona as much Wendi Peters has to, to create that character.
As for the worst actor and actress I would say Danny Young for worst actor. Kate Ford was shown up badly in the Karen exit episodes. The writers have given her enough dialogues and plots to make her look better than she is I think. |
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In defence of Wendi Peters - the overacting and face pulls is part of the character. The character is very over the top and that was probably the direction she was given by the directors and producers in how to play the character. When you see her interviewed in real life she is totally different to Cilla in every way so it actually is a total transformation to perform as Cilla and a really amazing performance. I think some characters like Sean and Candice don't have to actually totally transform themselves too much from their off screen persona as much Wendi Peters has to, to create that character.
As for the worst actor and actress I would say Danny Young for worst actor. Kate Ford was shown up badly in the Karen exit episodes. The writers have given her enough dialogues and plots to make her look better than she is I think. |
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I'm disappointed in you karlslover. I thought you and I were on the same wavelength
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I most certainly am. Better than Dawn Acton (Tracy No 3)
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In defence of Wendi Peters - the overacting and face pulls is part of the character. The character is very over the top and that was probably the direction she was given by the directors and producers in how to play the character. When you see her interviewed in real life she is totally different to Cilla in every way so it actually is a total transformation to perform as Cilla and a really amazing performance. I think some characters like Sean and Candice don't have to actually totally transform themselves too much from their off screen persona as much Wendi Peters has to, to create that character.
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Seriously, does it matter?!?!?!???
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I most certainly am. Better than Dawn Acton (Tracy No 3)
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Worst actors - Kirk, Danny Worst actress - I quite like Kate Ford so I'd have to say Claire due to her total lack of emotion & expressions. |
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