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Old 21-09-2015, 18:39
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It's almost twenty years since Michelle left Walford but she does remain an EE great. She has some secrets that haven't yet been revealed. I just wonder whether she could return. If she couldn't return (likely), is there a way to bring her back but not as a character? I would say that DTC should bring back Vicki and introduce her son Mark Jr. and her husband Tim into the show. Thoughts?
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Old 21-09-2015, 19:16
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The only way they could bring all those 3 back, would be if she were to die and they came to the square to bury her / scatter her ashes etc

Susan Tully seems content with doing her directing now, think she's even done a few EE episodes, I would like to see the Fowler family reintroduced as there now is only NewMartin. But without Sue Tully, it just wouldn't be worth it, nor would I want to see a recast
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Old 21-09-2015, 19:58
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It's always great to see people who first played a character come back. I can't see Susan Tully coming back as Michelle until directing work starts cooling off a bit.
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Old 21-09-2015, 20:06
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Michelle should have been recast years ago
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Old 21-09-2015, 21:32
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They should turn her into a mythical character like the Yeti. Random sightings and Michelle footprints in the snow...
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Old 21-09-2015, 21:45
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A while ago (maybe a year ago), there was a programme on Really where there was a singer whose name was Michelle, but she changed it. She said the reason was, she was watching Eastenders when she was younger and hated the character of Michelle so didn't want the name any more.
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Old 21-09-2015, 22:09
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If there was a way to bring Michelle back I'd like it but I really don't see where there is for her to go plot wise. Obviously she has friends and family on the square but it seems like she's made a good life for herself in America so I don't see why she would come back to Walford.

And she wouldn't work as a recast IMO, Susan Tully or nothing.
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Old 21-09-2015, 22:11
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I actually hate Susan Tully for not returning. Come on, at least return for one episode and mumble a couple of lines. Without EE and the BBC she would be nothing.

I'm actually hoping for a recast at this point.
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Old 21-09-2015, 22:18
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I actually hate Susan Tully for not returning. Come on, at least return for one episode and mumble a couple of lines. Without EE and the BBC she would be nothing.

I'm actually hoping for a recast at this point.
That's a bit silly. She had her reasons, it was a job, she left it. Apparently she really hated being famous and in the public eye. I would love for her to come back but it probably will never happen. Fair play to her for making a new career for herself.
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Old 21-09-2015, 22:24
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That's a bit silly. She had her reasons, it was a job, she left it. Apparently she really hated being famous and in the public eye. I would love for her to come back but it probably will never happen. Fair play to her for making a new career for herself.
Sorry but something like EE isn't really just a job. Rightly or Wrongly you end up being of something iconic that you can't really leave behind and will always be a part off. Like Doctor Who.

I mean it wouldn't kill her just to spare a day to film something.

If she hated being in the public so much why did she stay as long she did. Sounds like a feeble excuse.

She never would have started her new career without her role. Pay it forward darling Susie and stop being such an ungrateful madam.
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Old 21-09-2015, 22:27
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Sorry but something like EE isn't really just a job. Rightly or Wrongly you end up being of something iconic that you can't really leave behind and will always be a part off. Like Doctor Who.

I mean it wouldn't kill her just to spare a day to film something.

If she hated being in the public so much why did she stay as long she did. Sounds like a feeble excuse.

She never would have started her new career without her role. Pay it forward darling Susie and stop being such an ungrateful madam.
Why should she have to? She doesn't act any more and doesn't want to go back to the show - even for a cameo. The demands from fans for this sort of thing are beyond ridiculous. It's a job at the end of the day. She quit and has moved on. She's under no moral obligation to return. Nor is Ross Kemp whilst we're on the subject.
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Old 21-09-2015, 22:35
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That's a bit silly. She had her reasons, it was a job, she left it. Apparently she really hated being famous and in the public eye. I would love for her to come back but it probably will never happen. Fair play to her for making a new career for herself.
She hated being in the public eye so much that she stayed for 10 years? Mmm more like she's become snobby and doesn't want to be associated with the programme anymore. Okay she's given up acting but she could of appeared in a couple of episodes over the years like Mark and Pauline's funerals. She could of done a Nick Berry and had a five second scene at the grave. Not much acting in that!
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Old 21-09-2015, 22:43
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Why should she have to? She doesn't act any more and doesn't want to go back to the show - even for a cameo. The demands from fans for this sort of thing are beyond ridiculous. It's a job at the end of the day. She quit and has moved on. She's under no moral obligation to return. Nor is Ross Kemp whilst we're on the subject.
Ross Kemp did return though.

No, it's not like some ordinary office job where no one gives two sh-ts about you. She was a popular character on a massive show.

No one said she's under a moral obligation but it would be nice to give her fans a return appearance. At this stage now though I'd rather just have a recast.

All I said it would be nice if she did return and stop acting so precious and get over herself for the sake of a show and its fans.
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Old 21-09-2015, 22:46
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They should turn her into a mythical character like the Yeti. Random sightings and Michelle footprints in the snow...


That's a bit silly. She had her reasons, it was a job, she left it. Apparently she really hated being famous and in the public eye. I would love for her to come back but it probably will never happen. Fair play to her for making a new career for herself.
I agree.
The poor girl was in the spotlight from the young age of 12 and maybe out of an expectation of being in acting school. Many child actors just go through the acting school circuit because they know it pleases their parents and they possess the talent. Maybe spending most of her teens and early twenties in our living rooms was becoming a burden, but at 18 , 20 or 25 she accepted she was only qualified to act. I suppose she could have taken to the stage; regardless in her late twenties she realized she had a skill other than acting and one that gave her the privacy she preferred, directing.

Sorry but something like EE isn't really just a job. Rightly or Wrongly you end up being of something iconic that you can't really leave behind and will always be a part off. Like Doctor Who.

I mean it wouldn't kill her just to spare a day to film something.

If she hated being in the public so much why did she stay as long she did. Sounds like a feeble excuse.

She never would have started her new career without her role. Pay it forward darling Susie and stop being such an ungrateful madam.
1.Yes it wouldn't kill her, but it is her old life and she has found another that she prefers.

2.As I said above she stayed in acting until her late twenties because that was the one guaranteed skill that generated a reasonable income for her.

I wouldn't be surprised if she wished they would re-cast of kill off Michelle and allow her to continue with her life on the other side of the camera. I dare say asking her to act again after nearly 20 years would be quite daunting and a little frightening for her!
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Old 21-09-2015, 22:48
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Ross Kemp did return though.

No, it's not like some ordinary office job where no one gives two sh-ts about you. She was a popular character on a massive show.

No one said she's under a moral obligation but it would be nice to give her fans a return appearance. At this stage now though I'd rather just have a recast.

All I said it would be nice if she did return and stop acting so precious and get over herself for the sake of a show and its fans.
no she left the job. end of she has no obligation to anyone to return to please anyone. she has a different career now so she is not being precious at all, she is doing what clearly makes her happy

and it is like an office job or stacking shelfs or whatever.

when you leave your shelf stacking job you dont go back for a few hrs every now and then cos the customers miss you and you feel obligated*


* I say this I have never worked in a supermarket but imagine when one leaves hell will freeze before they go back
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Old 21-09-2015, 22:55
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no she left the job. end of she has no obligation to anyone to return to please anyone. she has a different career now so she is not being precious at all, she is doing what clearly makes her happy

and it is like an office job or stacking shelfs or whatever.

when you leave your shelf stacking job you dont go back for a few hrs every now and then cos the customers miss you and you feel obligated* I say this I have never worked in a supermarket but imagine when one leaves hell will freeze before they go back
You're wrong. Acting is like no other profession. Since when did a person stacking a shelf get fame, fortune and celebrity status.

She has a different career at the same place where she started and without her EE role she would be a nothing. She is a precious diva that thinks appearing on a soap is beneath her. It's not like she's directed an oscar winning movie.

Sorry lady but I do not believe for one second you are not a shelf stacker. Too much bitterness and resentment for it to not be true.
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Old 21-09-2015, 22:57
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Sorry but something like EE isn't really just a job. Rightly or Wrongly you end up being of something iconic that you can't really leave behind and will always be a part off. Like Doctor Who.

I mean it wouldn't kill her just to spare a day to film something.

If she hated being in the public so much why did she stay as long she did. Sounds like a feeble excuse.

She never would have started her new career without her role. Pay it forward darling Susie and stop being such an ungrateful madam.
As she was as young, and as an original cast member she wasn't to know her character would become iconic, and besides Susan made a decision and made a great career for herself directing, and as she didn't enjoy the limelight (and it was only the huge success that EE became that made her realise what that level of fame was like) she 100% did the right thing for herself, her family and the show. Thanks
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Old 21-09-2015, 22:58
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I think bribe her to film one episode in which the character is killed off (since a recast on the role is not popular and a combacknos wanted but not by the actress).

By the time Grant should also be present and the wholw Mark Jnr thing comes to light. Then maybe Ronnie or Grant kills her for not letting Grant know of his own sons exostance for 20 years? Or she comes back terminatly ill.
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Old 21-09-2015, 22:59
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Michelle needs to be killed off off screen now. It's been twenty years, she is never going to return.
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Old 21-09-2015, 23:00
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You're wrong. Acting is like no other profession. Since when did a person stacking a shelf get fame, fortune and celebrity status.

She has a different career at the same place where she started and without her EE role she would be a nothing. She is a precious diva that thinks appearing on a soap is beneath her. It's not like she's directed an oscar winning movie.

Sorry lady but I do not believe for one second you are not a shelf stacker. Too much bitterness and resentment for it to not be true.
and people say I am judgemental. got a nice cushty 9-5 and a career that does not involve any kind of retail work whatsoever. sorry to disappoint

not all actors want fame and fortune and back in the day bog standard soap actors were not celebs
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Old 21-09-2015, 23:03
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As Susan Tully will never return, and imo original characters should not be recast, I believe that Vicki and Mark Jr should come back to visit Sharon and Uncle Martin to shore up the Fowler family, I have said this on other threads, and for me unlike many it doesn't require a Grant return. Thanks
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Old 21-09-2015, 23:05
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As she was as young, and as an original cast member she wasn't to know her character would become iconic, and besides Susan made a decision and made a great career for herself directing, and as she didn't enjoy the limelight (and it was only the huge success that EE became that made her realise what that level of fame was like) she 100% did the right thing for herself, her family and the show. Thanks
She lasted until her late twenties. She wasted exactly young, naive and stupid.

I think calling her directing resume great is pushing it. She's a run of the mill tv director mostly. I don't want to be bitchy but it's true. I feel like the real reason she won't return is because she's let herself go and has stacked on the weight and wrinkles. Vanity is such a terrible curse.

If she hated acting so much why did she make a movie three years after EE.
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Old 21-09-2015, 23:08
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and people say I am judgemental. got a nice cushty 9-5 and a career that does not involve any kind of retail work whatsoever. sorry to disappoint

not all actors want fame and fortune and back in the day bog standard soap actors were not celebs
If you like to live fantasies who I'm I to stop you.

If she didn't want fame as an actor why did she do tv. Why didn't she do theatre? That's right because of the fame and money. That ego of hers, like all actors, had to be stroked on a medium that would be seen.
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Old 21-09-2015, 23:08
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She lasted until her late twenties. She wasted exactly young, naive and stupid.

I think calling her directing resume great is pushing it. She's a run of the mill tv director mostly. I don't want to be bitchy but it's true. I feel like the real reason she won't return is because she's let herself go and has stacked on the weight and wrinkles. Vanity is such a terrible curse.

If she hated acting so much why did she make a movie three years after EE.
She made her choice you should respect it, rather than make nasty, unnecessary comments about somebody I suspect you don't know. Very disrespectful really. What if somebody forced you into a job you didn't want to do, I don't think you would last long. Thanks
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Old 21-09-2015, 23:12
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She made her choice you should respect it, rather than make nasty, unnecessary comments about somebody I suspect you don't know. Very disrespectful really. What if somebody forced you into a job you didn't want to do, I don't think you would last long. Thanks
Hang on. So now you're saying she was forced to do EE all along. Someone put a gun to her head every day for ten years did they?

I was just theorizing about the real reason she didn't want to return. I wasn't being 'nasty' just stating the truth. She does have wrinkles and is large. You don't need to play the victim.

Anyway, I've said what I wanted to say.
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