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It looks like Sarah Phelps playing a recast Carol Jackson.

Everything points towards it being a recast Michelle Fowler.

Ditto Sorcha.

Calling others out when doing the same thing, pot, kettle black




Would SOC do it, seems a bit left field! not long now to we find out

It's just a fan meme type thing.

Michelle was a huge character in her day and her absence from family events has always been conspicuous. I haven't seen some of those posts but I think calling people pathetic for posting that type of thing is a tad strong.

Normally I don't give any credence to threads like this, but I can't help but feel that there's some decent evidence this time which points towards Michelle resurfacing with a new head. We've had a few mentions of her over the past few months, and I imagine Mark Jr will return in due course if it is Michelle. There's also something about the look on Ian and Martin's faces in that screenshot which suggests that she's more than just a 'random' who's turned up for the day. If she was, why not list the character in the credits?

Michelle is always considered legendary and in many ways she is, but recasts have worked well over the years. With Pauline, Arthur and Mark no longer in the show, it's only Letitia and Steve as Sharon and Phil and June Brown who the original actress shared scenes with.

I doubt it is a recast Michelle. It would be funny if it's just a random - a carer for Jane or something similar - causing all this intrigue.

Wait how do we know this? If this is true I can't wait, love Sally Phillips in Miranda!

That woman in the picture looks like the woman who played Jo Masters in The Bill?

My thoughts exactly and now is the time to do it.

We're having a rebuilding of the Beales and Fowlers with Stacey, Martin and Kathy all being hugely improved under SOC, plus the slow potential redemption of Jane and Ian. Six months after Mark visited and returned to the States, it's quite possible that Michelle's interest in visiting would be spiked, even allowing for all the missed opportunities in the past. There's a lot to catch up on, plus meeting her sister-in-law and the kids and Jane. She'll presumably know about Phil's health, Bobby's incarceration, Jane's paralysis, Kathy's return from the dead etc as no doubt Martin/Sharon/Ian are in touch by email or Skype. If she's got a decent job and has the cash to spend, a cheap flight and a few days in London isn't hard to arrange.

I'd accept a Michelle with a new head, after all it's been twenty years and she must now be approaching 50, so is bound to have changed. It would be interesting to see what she's been up to in all that time (and whether she's developed an American accent ).

if i have to read one more thread title about flipping Michelle Fowler possibly returning I'm going to scream!!

No it's not. The 80s had great characters. Can't really say the same nowadays. Unless SOC is going to create phenomenal characters in the near future but I highly doubt it!

But we do have great characters - Stacey, Martin, Phil, Jay, Ben, Dot, Shirley, Mick and Linda to name but a few - plus a lot of characters with potential to be great - Louise, Bex and Shaks

I saw the trailer last night but I didn't think it could be potentially Michelle. Hmm, do we really need the character back? Sue Tully was Michelle and it's hard to imagine someone else playing her. NuMichelle and Sharon together as best mates would be weird because the actress (if she is playing Michelle) has never shared any screentime with Letitia. Although it'd be great to see Michelle with the Fowlers again.

Given what he's done to improve Martin, Stacey, Kathy, Billy, Patrick, Jane, Kim, Vincent and many others (we'll gloss over Geraldine), I'd say that his new characters when we get them will be well-thought through and with real identities. Such new characters are going to be key to EE's longevity.

While a lot of people hark back to the 80s characters, it has to be remembered that less was happening, relatively speaking, as there was only two episodes a week and that all the characters were new so they didn't have ten, twenty, thirty years of baggage like we have with Sharon, Ian, Phil, Dot, Max, Denise etc now. All the original characters were properly defined and had identifiable, well-written, consistent personalities from the start. Hopefully, by SOC delaying introducing new characters, when they do arrive, they will be fully prepared in the same way. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with characters having history but in recent years they seem to have arrived for a given reason then, got stuck in limbo because no-one gave any thought to their subsequent development or purpose. I sense that SOC doesn't work like that.

Remember this thread from the other week?

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2192985

With the BBC taking that trailer down, I'm intrigued now..

You don't have to read them though. You could just ignore them but you choose to read them.

I hope she returns with a folder under her arm

I've been looking at photos of Sue Tully and Sally Rogers and I think Sally could easily pass looks wise as an older Michelle

https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...69&vet=1&w=768

http://iv1.lisimg.com/image/664899/5...lly-rogers.jpg

What do you guys think?

I personally don't like the idea of a recast of such an iconic character but I do think Sally Rogers could possibly do the role justice

Look at the fourth photo of Sue Tully and compare to Sally

That's not Sally Rogers in the photo with the Beatles though and she's cast elsewhere.

Is Sally Phillips actually joining? I just thought that the poster had got his Sally's mixed up.

BIB

I always find this laughable. There's been so many recasts in EE over the years the notion of one person playing one character is laughable. It's lost all meaning that only one actor is synonymous with the role. Look at the ease with James Bye took over. Most wouldn't even remember the other guy.

Which brings me to the point that it was twenty years ago. Most of EE's audience wouldn't even remember Michelle or Sue Tully in the role. In fact the recast would be incredibly easy. Not to mention Sue Tully wasn't a very good actress most of the time.

If EE can withstand DTC messing with the shows history it could withstand a Michelle recast. Though personally I don't feel she's needed and she's a character best left in the past. If Sue Tully couldn't be bothered making a guest appearance for the big reveal her return now would be pointless.

I think it was supposed to say Beales!

Its currently the worst its ever been IMO

Sally Phillips is not joining.

Agreed.
I'm loving EastEnders at the moment.