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Are there any soap actors you are surprised didn't get any/bigger roles?
So I was looking at actors who have left soaps and checking where they are now and was wondering if anyone is surprised by any actors who didn't go on to bigger things. Are there any actors you think are too good for soaps?
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I thought Jessie Wallace would have got more work when she left EE. She did a great Elsie Tanner in that Corrie docudrama.
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Lacey Turner. I thought she would have done a lot. She did a few things, I remember her doing that live show while still at EE. The Our Girl one off was the only thing I saw her in after EE. Then when she returned she did Out Girl again. But otherwise I saw her on one thing after EE.
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I thought Jessie Wallace would have got more work when she left EE. She did a great Elsie Tanner in that Corrie docudrama.
She was very good as the old time music hall star, (Marie Lloyd?) |
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Lacey Turner. I thought she would have done a lot. She did a few things, I remember her doing that live show while still at EE. The Our Girl one off was the only thing I saw her in after EE. Then when she returned she did Out Girl again. But otherwise I saw her on one thing after EE.
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Steven Arnold who played Ashley Peacock in CS, and his screen wife Clair
Tracy Shaw who played Maxine in CS |
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The old Ben Mitchell was in Not going Out on Friday night.
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Lacey Turner. I thought she would have done a lot. She did a few things, I remember her doing that live show while still at EE. The Our Girl one off was the only thing I saw her in after EE. Then when she returned she did Out Girl again. But otherwise I saw her on one thing after EE.
she played a witch in a series on itv2, i thought it was a good series but they never gave it another ![]() am sure she did being human as well but i may be wrong as I stopped watching when it changed |
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she did a series on sky, supermatural type thing, something about living in apartments in an abandoned hotel. sure it had 1/2 series.
she played a witch in a series on itv2, i thought it was a good series but they never gave it another ![]() am sure she did being human as well but i may be wrong as I stopped watching when it changed |
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Steven Arnold who played Ashley Peacock in CS, and his screen wife Clair
Tracy Shaw who played Maxine in CS Perhaps the lass who played Clair might have had a chance, but the other two were at their limit on Corrie. All just my opinion, of course. |
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she did a series on sky, supermatural type thing, something about living in apartments in an abandoned hotel. sure it had 1/2 series.
she played a witch in a series on itv2, i thought it was a good series but they never gave it another ![]() am sure she did being human as well but i may be wrong as I stopped watching when it changed |
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Lacey Turner. I thought she would have done a lot. She did a few things, I remember her doing that live show while still at EE. The Our Girl one off was the only thing I saw her in after EE. Then when she returned she did Out Girl again. But otherwise I saw her on one thing after EE.
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Steven Arnold who played Ashley Peacock in CS, and his screen wife Clair
Tracy Shaw who played Maxine in CS |
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I'm surprised Martin Kemp hasn't been busier. He was fantastic as Steve Owen.
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I thought Jessie Wallace would have got more work when she left EE. She did a great Elsie Tanner in that Corrie docudrama.
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I thought Jessie Wallace would have got more work when she left EE. She did a great Elsie Tanner in that Corrie docudrama.
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She was very good as the old time music hall star, (Marie Lloyd?)
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She got typecast. I think Lacey Turner has done well out Of EE. A lead in a big drama-not to be sniffed at!
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Lacey did a lot of normal jobs after leaving EE since she never got to experience them when she was younger. She started filming for EE the day after she left school, so she never had a Saturday job or anything - I think she said when she left EE she worked as a painter/decorator and in a clothes shop.
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she did a series on sky, supermatural type thing, something about living in apartments in an abandoned hotel. sure it had 1/2 series.
she played a witch in a series on itv2, i thought it was a good series but they never gave it another ![]() am sure she did being human as well but i may be wrong as I stopped watching when it changed |
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Billy Murray, his career died (last saw him doing injury claims adverts) after he left EE. Thought he would continue getting TV work since he was always pretty good as Johnny Allen IMO.
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Steven Arnold who played Ashley Peacock in CS, and his screen wife Clair
Tracy Shaw who played Maxine in CS I was sad to see Ashley killed off I liked his character. |
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I think that many former soap stars seem content to stay in UK.
This limits how much high profile work that they get to do. If you compare this to Australian Soap Stars who have to leave Australia to get any work. This usually leads them to go to Hollywood where many of them seem to do well. Of course it helps that most Australian Soap Stars are very good looking. Which helps them to fit in with what Hollywood requires. Those from the UK that go to Hollywood seem to give up too quickly. They need to stay for several years to make any headway. |
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My all time favourite was David Essex in EE: pity we don't see much of him on our screens these days. He's G E O R G E O U S. !!!
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I think that many former soap stars seem content to stay in UK.
This limits how much high profile work that they get to do. If you compare this to Australian Soap Stars who have to leave Australia to get any work. This usually leads them to go to Hollywood where many of them seem to do well. Of course it helps that most Australian Soap Stars are very good looking. Which helps them to fit in with what Hollywood requires. Those from the UK that go to Hollywood seem to give up too quickly. They need to stay for several years to make any headway. Many actors would rather stay in England doint credible stage work and shows like 'The Village' than grubbing around for murder suspect of the week in CSI in Hollywood once a year or sitting in a winnebago for days waiting around to shoot one scene again and again if they do manage to make it into films. |
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Yes, she's done well.
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