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Old 09-02-2016, 19:32
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Can someone send him (Alex Bain) to acting classes please. Amy (Elle Mulvaney) is a good little actor and although Faye (Ellie Leach) started off like she was in a nativity play, she has come on well. Alex Bain though is painful to watch and cannot act in any way. It is almost like someone if off camera mouthing the words "look angry ... look sad ...".

I concede that for a child actor to stand out takes a lot of work, but please please please realise Alex Bain is the worst actor on Corrie since Sarah Harding and of course, the worst of all time, Julia Hayworth (aka squeaky Ashley Peacocks, wife Claire)
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Old 09-02-2016, 19:34
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I think he is really good.
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Old 09-02-2016, 19:37
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I think he is really good.
I agree, he plays Simon very well. I want to beat the crap out Simon every time he starts messing with Leanne. Alex Bain is very believable as an angry out of control teen, the boy deserves an award IMHO.
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Old 09-02-2016, 19:48
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I agree, he plays Simon very well. I want to beat the crap out Simon every time he starts messing with Leanne. Alex Bain is very believable as an angry out of control teen, the boy deserves an award IMHO.
I agree too!
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Old 09-02-2016, 19:58
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Wow! To me, his 'angry' is so contrived. It is the 'angry', I would expect a normal 12 year old to do if told to look angry. It is not as if they give him any real acting to do apart from looking angry. Acting is supposed to be seemless and believable. Some of the child actors in the USA look like they are experienced actors. This kid belongs in a school nativity play. We all have opinions, which is great. I just expect a little more.
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Old 09-02-2016, 20:04
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Vile character, like all soap kids.
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Old 09-02-2016, 20:07
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Wow! To me, his 'angry' is so contrived. It is the 'angry', I would expect a normal 12 year old to do if told to look angry. It is not as if they give him any real acting to do apart from looking angry. Acting is supposed to be seemless and believable. Some of the child actors in the USA look like they are experienced actors. This kid belongs in a school nativity play. We all have opinions, which is great. I just expect a little more.
Trust me I'm from the US and Alex Bain could act circles around most of the soap kids his age.
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Old 09-02-2016, 20:14
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Simon is brilliant. He menaces Leanne with such aplomb
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Old 09-02-2016, 20:16
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Amy is terrible.
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Old 09-02-2016, 20:20
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I agree, he plays Simon very well. I want to beat the crap out Simon every time he starts messing with Leanne. Alex Bain is very believable as an angry out of control teen, the boy deserves an award IMHO.
Yes, I agree too. He's always been very believable since he first arrived.
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Old 09-02-2016, 20:35
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Personally, I think he's a very good young actor but I just think it's a shame that the storyline has focused so much on Leanne and not Simon. It wouldn't excuse his actions but the story over all would have worked better if more focus was placed on Simon's perspective.
Even a small scene with him confiding in his teacher about how angry he feels all the time would have been something - or even a moment when he gets jealous of a mate at school who seems to have a perfect family and a perfect life. Basically anything that would show Simon struggling after everything he's been through.

All that seems to happen is Leanne does something he doesn't like, Simon lashes out and then she's forced to make a difficult decision.
They drop the story for months and then pick it back up again and there's never any resolution to it.
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Old 09-02-2016, 20:44
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His angry moments remind me of the adam sandler film waterboy. . .
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Old 09-02-2016, 20:50
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I think Alex Bain was better when he was younger. I can't take angry Simon seriously.
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Old 09-02-2016, 21:00
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I think he's awful wasn't so bad when he was younger, needs recast if he's staying although I'd rather he left for a few years.
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Old 09-02-2016, 21:09
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Wow! To me, his 'angry' is so contrived. It is the 'angry', I would expect a normal 12 year old to do if told to look angry. It is not as if they give him any real acting to do apart from looking angry. Acting is supposed to be seemless and believable. Some of the child actors in the USA look like they are experienced actors. This kid belongs in a school nativity play. We all have opinions, which is great. I just expect a little more.
Its a soap...not a hollywood movie.
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Old 09-02-2016, 21:12
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I think he has been really good. Actually genuinely believe he is very angry and dangerous, unlike Bobby in EE who was clearly turned "evil" for a surprise culprit.
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Old 09-02-2016, 21:20
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Another plus for the lad from me!! He has got many people on here genuinely hating him for the way he's behaving which means he's doing his job well!
Those eyes look genuinely menacing to me, which when you think how cute he could look with them when he first arrived is good acting!!

If I'm honest I find Amy's acting a lot more contrived!!
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Old 09-02-2016, 21:41
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Personally, I think he's a very good young actor but I just think it's a shame that the storyline has focused so much on Leanne and not Simon. It wouldn't excuse his actions but the story over all would have worked better if more focus was placed on Simon's perspective.
Even a small scene with him confiding in his teacher about how angry he feels all the time would have been something - or even a moment when he gets jealous of a mate at school who seems to have a perfect family and a perfect life. Basically anything that would show Simon struggling after everything he's been through.

All that seems to happen is Leanne does something he doesn't like, Simon lashes out and then she's forced to make a difficult decision.
They drop the story for months and then pick it back up again and there's never any resolution to it.
You're right - the storyline would be much better if we saw more of Curly's perspective - it's not as if he doesn't have reasons to be so angry and if we did hear him talking to people about his feelings more it might make his appalling behaviour towards Leanne more understandable and convincing.

I absolutely hate Si's angry face - it makes my hackles rise, but I've worked with angry children and they do pull ott faces like that (they clench their fists and snort too ) and they really annoy me as well so I'd say Alex Bain is doing a pretty good job.
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Old 09-02-2016, 21:43
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Another plus for the lad from me!! He has got many people on here genuinely hating him for the way he's behaving which means he's doing his job well!
Those eyes look genuinely menacing to me, which when you think how cute he could look with them when he first arrived is good acting!!

If I'm honest I find Amy's acting a lot more contrived!!
I like Amy, the kid who needs to go is Hope, that girl barely said two words during the whole caner story, even the little girl who plays Ruby does more and she is like 3 years old.
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Old 09-02-2016, 21:58
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I like Amy, the kid who needs to go is Hope, that girl barely said two words during the whole caner story, even the little girl who plays Ruby does more and she is like 3 years old.
Hope's a bit creepy - I think it's the voice

I like Amy - she's one of my favourite characters. I love the old head on those little girl shoulders.
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Old 09-02-2016, 22:04
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He's like Chesney .... Cute kid and good child actor.... who grew into a plank
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Old 09-02-2016, 22:06
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He's like Chesney .... Cute kid and good child actor.... who grew into a plank
Chesney is awful now. I really can't see the point of him. I hope he hasn't got a job for life on the cobbles
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Old 09-02-2016, 22:17
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Last night be was awful
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Old 10-02-2016, 01:18
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Like Chesney he was cute and a good performer as a kid, but hasn't transitioned well into being an older performer. Also, it's become more obvious over the years that Alex Bain is mixed-race.
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Old 10-02-2016, 02:19
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The character's awful, the actor isn't very good and usually his anger is just hilarious, and the storyline's rubbish. At least it's more entertaining than the EE Bobby crap, though, you do get some laughs from Simon.
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