i forgot kym own loss must be hard for her but still think her acting is bad
did simon also have a similar loss?
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i forgot kym own loss must be hard for her but still think her acting is bad
did simon also have a similar loss?
i forgot kym own loss must be hard for her but still think her acting is bad
did simon also have a similar loss?
Yes he did, I'd forgotten about that. It wasn't very long ago either. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by lizann
Coronation Street star Kym Marsh doesn't think Steve and Michelle will split for good
Good news for fans of Coronation Street couple Steve McDonald and Michelle Connor because Kym Marsh doesn't think a permanent split is on the cards.
The couple are living on borrowed time given that Michelle is currently unaware of the fact that Steve had a one-night stand with Leanne Battersby and she's expecting his baby.
And although Michelle would advise her alter-ego to pack her bags and leave, she believes that there will always be a long-term future for the pair even after the secret is out.
"Something always happens to drive Steve and Michelle apart, but then they come back together again", the actress said in Inside Soap's Yearbook.
"So even if this is the end, I don't think it will be the end. A lot of people are invested in their relationship, including Simon and I, let's hope it's not over."
"Everyone is asking me what's going to happen and if Michelle and Steve will stay together, and my answer is always the same – would you forgive your fella for fathering another woman's child?
"Michelle is not the most forgiving person anyway, and Steve has had so many, many opportunities to tell her.
"I don't think she would have understood before but all this lying has made it much worse. Who knows what will happen? She may have an epiphany. But if I was her mate, I'd tell her to get out – and get out now!"
But even though she thinks Michelle should run for the hills, Kym did admit she would miss her costar Simon Gregson if this were the case.
"I adore working with Steve, and when he was off I realised just how much I missed him," she said.
"He's a genius, as well as a wonderful co-star. He is very generous as an actor. We bounce off each other really well, and we get on so well off-screen too."
I see they're still trying to convince us that Michelle and Steve have sizzling chemistry, and that the couple are beloved by Corrie fans everywhere... :wall:
Can´t help feeling that Ms Marsh is trying to convince herself as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
Course she is, coz who would she sleep with next? Oh i forgot, Robert!!!
If Steve had told her straight away she would not have planned a baby herself. I think she will lose it not through an abortion and leanne will have hers. How come michelle does not look pregnant...i suppose a huge bump will be in place next week.
She has a big bump already ...Quote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
Coronation Street's Michelle Connor will contemplate suicide in a devastating storyline next year.
Kym Marsh was spotted filming the tough plot out on location in Manchester last night (November 29) alongside co-star Tristan Gemmill, who plays Robert Preston.
The upsetting scenes see Michelle climb to the top of a bridge and consider ending her own life after hitting rock bottom.
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Coronation Street's Robert Preston tries to comfort Michelle Connor after she contemplates suicide
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Fortunately, Michelle is talked down by her new friend Robert and he tries his best to comfort her, but the evening takes another surprising turn when they come close to sharing a kiss.
When the near-moment of infidelity only leaves Michelle feeling worse, Robert remains determined to support her as she breaks down and they end up hugging out in the cold.
Coronation Street's Robert Preston tries to comfort Michelle Connor after she contemplates suicide
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Why Michelle is so distraught is currently a mystery, but Corrie fans know that she's currently at the centre of one of the show's biggest storylines.
Michelle is expecting a baby with her husband Steve McDonald, but is completely unaware that their friend and neighbour Leanne Battersby is also expecting his child.
Could it be Steve's betrayal that pushes Michelle to the edge?
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Coronation Street's Robert Preston tries to comfort Michelle Connor after she contemplates suicide
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Coronation Street's Robert Preston tries to comfort Michelle Connor after she contemplates suicide
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Coronation Street will air these scenes in early 2017.
Digital Spy
does her baby die
Would Michelle try and kill herself even if she was pregnant?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbi...ear-storyline/Quote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
the sun mentions pregnant michelle and affair with robert
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbi...ear-storyline/Quote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
the sun mentions pregnant michelle and affair with robert
I think they accidentally wrote Michelle and robert instead of steve and leanne.Quote:
Originally Posted by lizann
On the other thread here it mentions Robert moving into the Rovers to liveQuote:
Originally Posted by olivia1896
Coronation Street has announced that they will explore the heartbreaking subject of late miscarriage in a new storyline as Michelle Connor (Kym Marsh) is set to tragically lose her baby at 23 weeks.
The ITV soap has worked closely with Stillbirth and Neonatal death charity Sands on the storyline, while actress Kym has bravely agreed to be involved in the storyline after losing her son Archie at a similar stage in the pregnancy in 2009.
"I thought long and hard before agreeing to take on the challenge of this storyline," Kym said. "It is obviously a cause very close to my heart having lost my beautiful Archie at 21 weeks and 5 days. I discussed it with my family and friends, all of who were very supportive.
"In the end I felt it was an important story to tell in order to raise awareness of something which affects thousands of women every year."
The heartbreaking scenes will explore how the death affects both parents, as well as the extended family, and Kym opened up about revisiting the difficult feelings from her own personal experiences during filming.
"I have had to go to some very dark places in my mind whilst filming these heartbreaking scenes," she said, "but my family, friends and colleagues have been incredible. Losing a child is something that never leaves you so to revisit those feelings as Michelle has been challenging.
"Coronation Street ensured that I had a counsellor on set at all times to go to after filming the scenes but for me the best tonic after a hugely emotional day was to go home to my kids and be reminded of how lucky I am to have them.
"I am very proud of what we have done with this storyline and I hope it helps raise awareness and helps people to talk about their own experiences."
The storyline will begin early next year and will see Michelle and Steve (Simon Gregson) come to terms with the death of their baby Ruairi (pronounced 'Rory') after Michelle goes into early labour.
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Steve tells Michelle the truth in Coronation Street
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Coronation Street has been working with Sands to ensure the story is portrayed truthfully and sensitively, with Bereavement Support and Awareness Specialist Erica Stewart adding that she hopes the soap will be able to raise awareness of a devastating experience and the issues surrounding it.
"Miscarriage, which is the death of a baby in the first 23 weeks of pregnancy, is not rare," Erica said. "Sadly, it affects 200,000 couples each year in the UK, with most pregnancies ending in the first 12 weeks.
"For a TV drama like Coronation Street to cover this devastating experience is a brilliant way of raising awareness of the issues surrounding a baby's death at any gestation. The death of a baby is rarely talked about. Many people shy away from the issue, others have a misconception that this is a thing of the past.
"We hope that with a TV drama as popular as Coronation Street covering this heart breaking experience, it will help to lift the taboo, and raise awareness of all the issues that surround the death of a baby."
Coronation Street is set to air the storyline from January 9, 2017 on ITV.
Digital Spy
This just makes it worse for Michelle when she finds out about Leanne. Liz will be more hyper about her grandson across the road.
Whilst I am not Ms Marsh´s biggest fan, this must be or must have been very difficult to film for her, having had this experience herself in real life :(
I don't know if i can stand any more misery in Cora, it's bad enough watching Phelan strutting around, like he owns the place, but now to watch Michelle have a real reason to no smile, Miscarriage is so hard for any parents to go through, and no one ever knows what to say,
this is going to be a very "misery" New Year by by the looks of things, Happy DAys eh
I don't know if i can stand any more misery in Cora, it's bad enough watching Phelan strutting around, like he owns the place, but now to watch Michelle have a real reason to no smile, Miscarriage is so hard for any parents to go through, and no one ever knows what to say,
this is going to be a very "misery" New Year by by the looks of things, Happy DAys eh
I swear Steve is cursed when i comes to pregnancy and babies
Knowing Kym Marsh went through a very similar stilllbirth in real life will make this storyline all the worse to watch.
I doubt I will watch it to be honest. It's not long since we saw something very similar in EE and I seriously doubt Corrie could do better. Also, Corrie has been terrible lately and so I'm sure this is just a plot device to cause lots of melodrama and get Steve demanding a relationship with Leanne's baby. I'm feeling seriously annoyed with the show at the moment. :angry:
This will push her to Robert especially when the truth about Leanne's baby is revealed
her acting is bad for such a big heartbreaking storyline
I thought she was fine . I am not a big fan of hers but i think most people would think she did a good job. I thought the delivery scenes felt real.
Coronation Street star Kym Marsh delivered the performance of her career on Wednesday night (January 11) as her popular character Michelle Connor tragically lost her baby.
Michelle went into labour just 23 weeks into her pregnancy in heartbreaking scenes, but he was too underdeveloped to survive and sadly died at birth.
As most viewers know, filming this storyline has been particularly poignant for Kym, as she lost her own baby son Archie at a similar stage of pregnancy in 2009.
At a Corrie press screening of the heartbreaking episodes on Wednesday afternoon, Kym spoke movingly and honestly to Digital Spy and other media about why she was keen to take on such a tough acting challenge.
Can you tell us a little bit about your experiences filming this storyline?
"I just want to say that I am very glad that we chose to do this. The decision to do it was left in my hands. Coronation Street's producer Kate Oates approached me very early on about the storyline and said in no uncertain terms that if I didn't want to do it, then I wouldn't have to. She invited me to go home and speak about it with my mum and the children, and that's what I did.
"On doing that, I remember having a long conversation with my mum and she asked me what my gut instinct was. I said: 'My gut instinct is to do this'."
Why did you reach that decision?
"I've always tried to do my bit for charities that fund research or help people discuss, talk and heal around baby loss. So I thought, what better way to raise awareness of this subject and to help people in some way? So that was my reason behind doing it, with the hope that that may happen.
"And also to honour my son, to be quite frank. Because when you lose a baby, it's not something that ever leaves you. It's something you learn to deal with and you learn to accept. Learning to accept what's happened to you only comes from talking.
"I also think this subject has been very taboo for far too long. People should share, because sharing is absolutely imperative to being able to put the pieces of your jigsaw back together somehow. That's what I'm hoping people may gain from this. We all feel quite proud and I'm glad that we've done it."
When it came to filming the scenes, how difficult was it?
"It was quite tricky. I did find it a challenge and it was quite tough, but I was absolutely looked after. We both were, from day one. I had a wonderful psychotherapist who was there for me - on hand 24/7 if I needed him.
"I found that immensely helpful. The crew, cast and bosses were absolutely wonderful. And because of that, we feel that this is very much a team effort. We're very proud of what we've done.
"The crew were also so respectful of the whole thing. You could hear a pin drop when we were filming the scenes. Ordinarily, everyone will mess about between takes. I mean, we're all really professional, but we like to have a laugh and a giggle.
"Don't get me wrong, we did have our moments where we needed to have a laugh. You have to take yourself out of it for a few moments. But they were just brilliant. If we weren't as close a team as we actually are, it might have been more difficult."
How did the rest of the cast react? Were they concerned for you?
"The cast were all really supportive. Everyone's been making sure that we're okay and of course there's concerns, but not to the extent of: 'Are you going to be alright?' They trust that I would be and wouldn't have taken it on otherwise.
"My motivation for doing this was for wanting to do something good and wanting to help other people, honour my son… all valid reasons. And they've been nothing but supportive. As a cast we are very supportive of each other, whatever that storyline might be."
Did you have any personal input into the storyline?
"I was consulted quite a lot throughout. Not necessarily in the script, but consulted a lot throughout the storyline. We sat down and had a very long conversation about it - and I shared my experiences as well. When we talked about doing the storyline, we said: 'If we're going to do it, we're going to do it, really do it - and look at everything that happens'.
"We didn't want it to just be: 'Oh, Michelle's lost her baby and a week later she's okay'. We wanted to very much show the whole journey and what happens. And although Michelle's journey is different to my journey, it's also very similar in some ways. I did have a lot of input in that, because I was allowed to."
Because it's a personal subject, did you find yourself thinking back to your own personal experiences?
"When you're in a room with incubators against the wall, it's hard not to take yourself back there. And for people watching it too - to take themselves back to their experiences, if they have unfortunately been there.
"So of course you do, but the trick is separating yourself from that and being able to remove that at the end of the day. And that's what Bill, the counsellor, was amazing with. He was there on set every day.
"It's difficult not to take it home, although when I get home, my daughter Polly is at the door going: 'What have you bought me, where's me dinner?' Those kinds of things bring you right back to reality."
Did you find it useful to have the counsellor?
"Yes, we spoke to him all the time. He was great and after every scene he'd come up and go 'how are you feeling?' And if I didn't want him, he'd stay away. He was brilliant.
"The very first time I met him, I sat in a room with him and he asked: 'What is it you think you might need from me?' And I said: 'I don't know'. Because, in truth, I didn't know what was in the box until I lifted the lid off.
"It's been eight years since my son died, and I've kind of learnt to accept it and you move on. You never get over it, but you learn to live with it. You live with that every day and it's not something that will ever leave. But diving back in, and being back in the delivery suite and that place, where you've spent years coming out of - I had no idea how it would be.
"It's strangely helped me to realise that, actually, I think I have accepted that it happened to me and I'll never, ever, ever get over it. There's not a day that goes by when I don't think about him. So while I'll never, never get over it, I have accepted that this happened to me. I am able to talk and I am able to reach out to other people that have been through those situations."
How have your own family reacted?
"My mum actually watched these episodes before they came out. My family were allowed to see these episodes, because it's important. Obviously, it doesn't just affect me, it affects my children who are 19 and 21 now. Obviously Polly hasn't seen them, because that would be too much.
"We sat there all together and watched the episodes. My mum lost a baby - between my older brother and sister - and we all knew about that anyway. But back then, they didn't have scans and things like that. Her baby tragically died in the womb and once they realised that, my mum had to deliver her baby and she never even got to see her baby.
"She didn't even know what that baby was - and that must have been horrific, because at that time as well, everything was very different. People tended not to talk about it.
"What was interesting was, although we'd heard my mum's story, after we watched the episode, we were all sat in the room and she just started to talk and talk and talk. She spoke about things that we hadn't heard before and her own feelings, and I just went: 'There you go, that's what this is about'."
Is there any other impact you'd like the story to have?
"Another thing that we've discussed is the terminology, 'late miscarriage'. That was one of the things that really got to me, when they called my son a late miscarriage. It really annoyed me and it angered me. I had just given birth to a baby. I didn't miscarry my baby, I gave birth to him, and why is there no birth certificate?
"The clue is in the name, 'birth certificate'. So why? Because he didn't survive? Because he wasn't 'viable'? What is that? When I'm not here anymore, no-one will know that my baby existed. And that's the thing that upsets a lot of women, where you can't have a birth certificate.
"I've had tweets this week going 'oh I hate that word, late miscarriage'. And I would love for us to not use the term."
How will this tragedy affect Michelle in the episodes to come?
"I think in the coming weeks, you're going to see a different Michelle. She is quite broken at the moment, and so you're probably not going to see much of the old Michelle. You're going to see someone that many people don't recognise.
"And that is actually something that I had - nobody recognised me when I had gone through all of that. It's important to get that across, because she is completely broken. You might start to see glimmers of the old Michelle in the future storylines, but not for a very long time."
maybe i am being too harsh but given her and simon own tragic losses i was expecting better from themQuote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
maybe i am being too harsh but given her and simon own tragic losses i was expecting better from themQuote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
I thought she was wonderful. I always thought she was a lightweight actress . Not any more . I suspect she will win an oscar .Quote:
Originally Posted by lizann
We all have a right to our opinions. However it's not okay when people send mean tweets toward the actors. I'm not accusing you of doing so however, I'm just saying it because i've seen some keyboard warriors who need to get a life. Again, not accusing you of doing so!Quote:
Originally Posted by lizann
if the mean tweets are about their acting i can see why, some of these soap stars are very talkative in interviews and on social media, also just to clarify i am not a mean tweeter, i wouldn't be rushing to give kym and simon any acting awardsQuote:
Originally Posted by olivia1896
the trolls online getting personal with kym and simon i don't condone yes critic their acting as they are actors
Some people are never satisfied, if Michelle had yelled more, she would have been accused of over acting, all i know is, that is crippled me, seeing that tiny little face in her arms and any parent having to go through that and not go home with their precious new born deserves the utmost
understanding and patience for them to come to terms with the loss.
I totally agree, whatever she did there would have been complaints. She is obviously not very popular and people ready to have a go at the first opportunity.
no one is denying the storyline is not sad and heartbreaking which i wouldn't wish on anyone but i felt the acting could have been better perhaps if given to another actress and character, higher calibre
She acted this from the heart and I cannot agree with anyone who says she is a poor actress. She has shown that she is not with this . She did not go OTT with it and although it is childbirth she acted it truthfully and from the heart . What more could anyone ask.?
we will have to agree to disagree :pQuote:
Originally Posted by LouiseP
we will have to agree to disagree :pQuote:
Originally Posted by LouiseP
For once, I agree and I am not a Kym Marsh fan as a rule. I concur with other statements that she would have received criticism whichever way she played it. I think she played it the way she experienced it when she went through this for real .. and all mothers losing their babies in those circumstances would react differently ... I could feel the pain of both actors and that is good enough for meQuote:
Originally Posted by LouiseP