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Post by CAEF on Jan 12, 2017 21:28:50 GMT
Many of us, myself included will remember the original Michelle, whom once upon a time long long ago emigrated in 1995 and came back 21 years later.
Jenna Russell shares similar facial features to Sue Tully. The mouth is the best, and she feels more like the original Michelle now.
People are saying "Fake Michelle" but she is meant to be the same character in the show as the 1985-1995 one.
After years of trying to twist Sue Tully's arm to return, they finally said sod it and recast the role with a lookalike. No different to Clive Hornby taking over from Andrew Burt as Jack Sugden in Emmerdale.
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Post by roverman on Jan 12, 2017 22:09:19 GMT
What these fanbois (and girls) don't realise is that characters often change 'heads',you go to the theatre and its rare for one person to play the same character all the way through a run. I do wonder if anyone of them have even set foot inside a theatre though!
Aussie shows seem to do recasts a lot better than we do, they just do it and brazen it out.
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Post by wallis on Jan 12, 2017 22:38:08 GMT
I feel sorry for Jenna Russell who I think is doing a good enough job so far.
As Sheepie said on the other thread people need to realise that Susan Tully was never going to come back and gave her input and assistance for the re-cast. She still has to bed in just like Martin had to and that was difficult enough for him at the start but look where he is now in people's estimation.
It's a fact of life that folks don't like change but it should be embraced as I was taught a long time ago if it is for the better good of a business or a soap in this case.
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Post by sheepiefarm on Jan 12, 2017 22:46:37 GMT
That's one of the things I find ludicrously hilarious She's been sharing scenes with her little brother Martin - who is also a different actor and was replaced in far less time than the TWENTY years it took to replace Michelle Shouldn't it be - Fake Michelle shares scenes with Fake Martin of course, the fact that newMartin is seen as being quite dishy has no bearings on how quickly some fans came to accept his recast eh?
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Post by CAEF on Jan 12, 2017 22:49:15 GMT
The new Michelle is a continuation of the old Michelle.
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Michelle.
Jan 13, 2017 9:12:37 GMT
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Post by J-B on Jan 13, 2017 9:12:37 GMT
Yet another criminal walking free. Lock that sexual predator Michelle up. If she's lucky she will share a cell with the sociopath McBeale.
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Post by Lady Voldemort on Jan 13, 2017 21:33:16 GMT
NuChelle is whiney, self obsessed, bossy and po-faced.
Much like the original.
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Post by wallis on Jan 13, 2017 22:20:17 GMT
Anyone noticed that she always wears a cardigan just like Pauline.
Granted they are in a much more modern style but they are still in reality cardigans.
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Post by CAEF on Jan 13, 2017 22:39:48 GMT
Michelle needs a fruit bowl now.
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Post by wallis on Jan 13, 2017 22:46:02 GMT
Michelle needs a fruit bowl now. .... and a dog doorstop!
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Post by CAEF on Jan 13, 2017 23:02:55 GMT
And a frying pan, and finally a job at the launderette.
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Post by ScrabblyWabbly on Jan 14, 2017 12:12:30 GMT
I think she and Sharon should go into business together, events management/party planning. They could take over the Blades set and make it into offices. Sharon's good at party planning, she's ran successful businesses in the past. Michelle did something with her life by getting an education and a career. I think it would be a waste if they just put her in the launderette or sold veg on the stall.
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Post by Mo Mouse on Jan 14, 2017 13:24:57 GMT
I doubt if Michelle even bothered to keep in touch with her Grange Hill mates. I know Tricia Yates has got 12 kids now and lives in Ongar. Although, to be fair, Tucker Jenkins did turn up in the square for a while.
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Post by J-B on Jan 14, 2017 16:08:06 GMT
Horrible Michelle giving Bex advice on teenage boys last night. She'd know all about that of course, the sexual predator.
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Michelle.
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Post by Zeus89 on Jan 15, 2017 20:05:37 GMT
I think she and Sharon should go into business together, events management/party planning. They could take over the Blades set and make it into offices. Sharon's good at party planning, she's ran successful businesses in the past. Michelle did something with her life by getting an education and a career. I think it would be a waste if they just put her in the launderette or sold veg on the stall. I can see Michelle working in the cafe or something, Characters in EE and CS with Degrees never do well. And then you have Phil Mitchell who goes around giving out 100k at a time to folks, such a generous and honest man
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