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Old 05-03-2015, 00:42
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I'm under the impression DTC asked her back while she was still working on Hollyoaks, she decided she much preferred playing iconic Kathy Beale over her Hollyoaks role, and quit one soap to reprise her role in the other.

Anyone else think this is what happened?
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Old 05-03-2015, 00:44
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Could have done
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Old 05-03-2015, 00:48
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Not sure about that, it's possible though. You can't compare the two, there is no contest, Kathy will always win out over Sandy.

But she was given absolutely nothing to do in HOs, so it is no surprise that she quit. They changed history and made her Darren's mother and the two only shared a handful of scenes in her whole time on the show, it was pointless. The only other things she did was have 2 relationships and some scenes with her kids and helped Ste with his dying mother. They wasted her.
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Old 05-03-2015, 00:49
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She quit early last year so i dont think so
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Old 05-03-2015, 00:54
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Yes I think pretty much, wasn't she asked back in November, but it's possible she knew longer back then that but nothing was concrete until recently.

Lets be honest HO s/l are for the teens and young adults, the parents and older folk are ignore until needed, she was pretty good in her first few months in HO but's its gone to the dogs now.

How could she refused such a offer, Kathy was where it all started for her and she probably have much more security over in EE then HO, we know how fond BK is with killing people off.
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Old 05-03-2015, 00:55
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DTC probably asked her when she quit Hollyoaks.
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Old 05-03-2015, 00:57
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Yes I think pretty much, wasn't she asked back in November?

Lets be honest HO s/l are for the teens and young adults, the parents and older folk are ignore until needed, she was pretty good in her first few months in HO but's its gone to the dogs now.

How could she refused such a offer, Kathy was where it all started for her and she probably have much more security over in EE then HO, we know how fond BK is with killing people off.
Kathy was already killed off in EE though haha! But it's extremely clear that she will never be killed off again, thank god the characters 'death' was off-screen can't wait to have Gillian back permanently in the soap where she belongs!
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Old 05-03-2015, 01:04
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This is an interesting question :

If Kathy never 'died' in the first place, would Gillian still want to return?
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Old 05-03-2015, 01:06
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If I was given the choice as an actor between Hollyoaks and Eastenders I would choose Eastenders. I suspect it's better paid. Eastenders is more talked about than HO too. I don't think there should be any more EE returns from the dead though.
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Old 05-03-2015, 01:09
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This is an interesting question :

If Kathy never 'died' in the first place, would Gillian still want to return?
I don't think from what I've read she ever said she wouldn't but she was filming other things at the time, so had commitments that prevented her, pretty much the same boat that both Michelle Collins and Martine Mccutcheon was on only for petty EP to take it out of their hands.
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Old 05-03-2015, 01:21
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I find it quite funny that DTC stole Gillian of Berkwood.
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Old 05-03-2015, 01:26
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I find it quite funny that DTC stole Gillian of Berkwood.
I wouldn't say 'steal' is the right word, I'd say he simply gave her the opportunity to come back to where she belongs

EE clearly know that they made a hugely regrettable mistake killing off Kathy in the first place. So I wouldn't say its a case of 'bringing back a character from the dead', I'd say it's more a case of 'rectifying their past mistake and putting things right'
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Old 05-03-2015, 01:31
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I find it quite funny that DTC stole Gillian of Berkwood.
Me too, back where she belongs!
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Old 05-03-2015, 01:37
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I think she may have been approached but to keep this a secret for a year?
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Old 05-03-2015, 01:49
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I think she may have been approached but to keep this a secret for a year?
I think she probably has kept it secret for a year. The producers and writers plan at least that far in advance.
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Old 05-03-2015, 02:09
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Didn't they only offer her a one year contract when she came out of CBB? Her one year was up and considering Sandy never really had a storyline it was always about her sons she probably decided to not to come back. Simple. No big conspiracy.

Just typical Kirkwood putting the limelight on the wrong characters in Hollyoaks. It's a main problem as to why it sucks now.
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Old 05-03-2015, 02:35
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Didn't they only offer her a one year contract when she came out of CBB? Her one year was up and considering Sandy never really had a storyline it was always about her sons she probably decided to not to come back. Simple. No big conspiracy.

Just typical Kirkwood putting the limelight on the wrong characters in Hollyoaks. It's a main problem as to why it sucks now.
Which characters in Hollyoaks do you like? Genuine question.
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Old 05-03-2015, 03:04
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Which characters in Hollyoaks do you like? Genuine question.
In no real order: Mercedes, Phoebe, JP, Cindy, Tony, Harry, Maxine, Nana, Porsche, Nancy, Grace, Darren, Esther, Trevor, Ziggy, Tegan.
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Old 05-03-2015, 03:42
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I think she probably has kept it secret for a year. The producers and writers plan at least that far in advance.
Except the writers didn't know about it until the 30th - kathy has not been included in any storylining conferences: that is why they held an additional one last week.
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Old 05-03-2015, 04:06
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Except the writers didn't know about it until the 30th - kathy has not been included in any storylining conferences: that is why they held an additional one last week.
^ this.
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Old 05-03-2015, 04:08
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If she did, smart cookie
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Old 05-03-2015, 06:28
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According to Gillian she was approached by DTC before Christmas, after her original Hollyoaks exit. She only went back to Hollyoaks temporarily over Christmas/New Year so she didn't quit in favour of EE. But it is still a kick in the teeth to BK (for killing off Pat) as he said he would reintroduce Sandy as and when needed, which isn't possible now.
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Old 05-03-2015, 09:33
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It's a shame to have lost her, she's a good actress and was totally wasted on HO. Making her Darren's mother could have opened up plenty of SL's but they interacted a couple of times and that was it, not surprised she quit!
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Old 05-03-2015, 10:15
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It's a no brainer. If you had to choose between EastEnders and Hollyoaks. EastEnders is the show that made her a household name and also where her closest friends are.
She was a much loved character on the show. Hollyoaks is a far inferiour show.
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Old 05-03-2015, 10:38
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This is an interesting question :

If Kathy never 'died' in the first place, would Gillian still want to return?
Gillian never really wanted to leave EE in the first place, she loved the show and at the time of her 1998 exit she was the shows joint longest serving cast member. She left simply to have a break and because she wanted to have another baby before it was too late (she was in her 40s by this point) she always intended to go back. Just one year after leaving in 1999 they asked her back for a guest stint to coincide with Ross Kemps exit and she jumped at the chance to return.

Then when Kate Harwood brought back Phil Mitchell is 2005 the storyline she wanted to run with him was reuniting him with son Ben. They asked Gillian to reprise her role as Kathy but she was in the middle of filming series 5 of Footballers Wives so had to decline although she said she would have happily returned afterwards. However Harwood wasn't prepared to wait so went ahead with killing Kathy off out of spite and in order to bring back Ben straight away. Gillian was reportedly very upset that Kathy was killed off and ironically footballers wives was axed after series 5 anyway so she lost that job as well.

So it was not a classic case of soap star gets too big for their boots and quits thinking the grass will be greener before going back with their tail between their legs. Gillian Taylforth was extremely loyal to EE and always wanted to go back and it was a shameful the way Kate Harwood treat her.
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