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04-12-2008, 13:54
SHOWBIZ legend Barbara Windsor has revealed that her character’s bullying plot is based on real-life experience.
Millions have seen feisty Peggy Mitchell’s new lover Archie Mitchell psychologically abusing her.
After turning up in Albert Square, he talked her into ditching her pals and even changing her appearance.
In an exclusive chat with the Daily Star, Barbara, 71, confessed bosses came to her for help with the storyline.
She said: “They wanted Archie to be quite dark when it came to Peggy but they weren’t sure how to go about it.
“So I said he should do little things, like telling her what she should be wearing and how to have her hair.
“I’ve had men in my life that have been manipulative and controlling like that. They say things like: ‘Are you really going to wear that top?’
“And before you know it you’re wearing a top that goes right up to your chin and is not ‘you’ at all.”
But Babs says actor Larry Lamb, 65, who plays Archie, is “amazing”.
She said: “We’re a right couple of old fogies on set, we just sit and gossip about everything. I love it!”
Millions have seen feisty Peggy Mitchell’s new lover Archie Mitchell psychologically abusing her.
After turning up in Albert Square, he talked her into ditching her pals and even changing her appearance.
In an exclusive chat with the Daily Star, Barbara, 71, confessed bosses came to her for help with the storyline.
She said: “They wanted Archie to be quite dark when it came to Peggy but they weren’t sure how to go about it.
“So I said he should do little things, like telling her what she should be wearing and how to have her hair.
“I’ve had men in my life that have been manipulative and controlling like that. They say things like: ‘Are you really going to wear that top?’
“And before you know it you’re wearing a top that goes right up to your chin and is not ‘you’ at all.”
But Babs says actor Larry Lamb, 65, who plays Archie, is “amazing”.
She said: “We’re a right couple of old fogies on set, we just sit and gossip about everything. I love it!”