Maybe not ... apparently this is due to accommodating X Factor results or maybe Britain´s Got Talent :p All the same to me these days :D http://www.picgifs.com/smileys/smile...ing-922320.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
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Maybe not ... apparently this is due to accommodating X Factor results or maybe Britain´s Got Talent :p All the same to me these days :D http://www.picgifs.com/smileys/smile...ing-922320.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
x factor back this early :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
x factor back this early :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
Coronation Street: Alison King on her explosive exit - "It's Carla pressing self destruct"
The actress's final week in Weatherfield sees Carla's wedding day arrive - but will she marry Nick?
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Weddings very rarely go to plan on soaps and the odds aren't looking good for Carla and Nick, especially with the bride to be harbouring a shock infidelity secret and the groom wrestling with a brain injury.
These being Alison King's final Corrie episodes, viewers can expect plenty of surprises as Carla walks down the aisle. So here's the actress herself with a few teases as to what fans are going to get during a momentous week on the Street...
So, in the run up to the wedding Nick wants to call it all off - what’s Carla reaction to this?
We see that the symptoms of Nick’s brain injury are starting to return. He’s fearful about what it means for the future, which makes Carla also fearful, wondering what he knows about her one-night stand with Robert. They’re coming from two different places. What Carla should have done is come clean at the start, but because Tracy’s been manipulating the situation it’s all got out of control.
Carla starts to think that Nick must know something, but of course he doesn’t - it’s all about his injury and how he doesn’t want to hurt Carla, which makes what she’s done look even worse. So, in the run up, it’s unclear as to whether the wedding will even go ahead.
Why doesn’t Carla recoil when Nick tells her about the extent of his brain injury and what it could mean for them?
She’s so stressed at the minute that she doesn’t really think it through. She’d love him whatever but at this moment it’s just adding to the pressure cooker that is Carla Connor pressing self destruct as always. She’s finally found someone who’s good with her, who gets her, but of course she’s jeopardised all that because of her fling with Robert.
Why did she sleep with Robert - it was quite out of character?
She’d just found out that Johnny was her dad, she’d been drinking and Carla is so messed up because of her family anyway that she just couldn’t handle it.
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How is Carla feeling on her wedding day?
As the day approaches she’s hit by the enormity of it and the shame over what she’s done. A few throwaway comments from the girls as she’s getting ready really resonate with her and the pressure of her guilt starts to get to her. She just wants to get through the day, marry Nick and move away from the street where she can start afresh.
Does she contemplate revealing all to Nick?
She should have told him months ago but as time has gone on, and with Tracy’s interference, the lie has intensified making it harder and harder to tell Nick. She’d love to be able to come clean but she’s so scared of losing him.
On the day of the wedding is Carla worried that Tracy could blow the whole thing?
She’s sick with worry about what Tracy might do but she’s determined to get through the day. When Carla hears that Tracy hasn’t been seen for a while she starts to fear there’s something going on. And when she finds out that Tracy’s interfered with the wedding flowers she’s even more scared, convinced Tracy is going to do everything she can to wreck the wedding.
She starts to feel more and more anxious, everything seems to be conspiring against her: Tracy’s trick with cancelling the florist, Tracy going AWOL, then Johnny’s acting weird when she goes to see him and the pressure of managing her guilt is really getting to her. It’s all becoming too much for Carla but she’s trying so hard to keep a lid on it - she’s desperate to stop her big day from unravelling.
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Why does Roy give her away?
She calls at Underworld with some cufflinks for Johnny but he can’t get out of the door quick enough, which really unsettles Carla. Obviously she doesn’t know he has Tracy locked away in the hope she can’t wreck the wedding! So Johnny doesn’t turn up to the Bistro in time and Carla turns to Roy to give her away, who’s delighted. She’s emotional, fighting back the tears, as Roy leads her up the aisle. She loves Nick so much but she feels like a fraud.
What’s Carla’s wedding dress like?
Uncomfortable - it’s been squeezing me in for weeks! It’s quite traditional, very sweet, she wants to look beautiful for Nick and she wants the day to be perfect. The Bistro looks really pretty too - the art department has done an amazing job, lots of flowers and silver decorations.
Whatever happens we know Carla leaves the street - is her exit suitably explosive?
Well I’m shattered from filming so I hope it pleases everybody, I don’t think we could have put any more into it - it’s been emotionally draining.
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What will you miss the most when you leave the show?
The people, cast and the crew. I can’t even talk about it without crying. I see more of them than I do anybody else, so they’re my family and we all look after each other so much. That’s what I’ll miss the most.
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so leaves losing roy too tracy wins takes everything from her
No tracey loses
I don't like the way it seems to be going.. I think the whole wedding was already a farse. And so so boring to watch... yawn.. Hypocrite Nick was just laughable - wanted to punch him! Who does he think he is? Never made a mistake? It's good that David reminded him of Kylie. And then getting married but punishing Carla at the reception and humiliating her the worst possible way! Absolutely disgusting. I think Carla was blessed there to get away from him. He thinks he's perfect himself. Then we had to watch a loonie Gail attacking Carla..! ' my child '.. For goodness sake! There's no mom like a soap mom, creepy. Every reasonable person (even mom) would be understanding for both parties as there's always two sides in every story. Anyway - then Carla has to drive over Cathy as well! And lose Roy's friendship that meant most to her??? I surely hope Cathy is ok and Roy forgives Carla. Everyone must see that it was Tracy that drove Carla into it.. Please let Tracy get all the blame. Can't stand her! And write her off!
People take sides when couples split all the time and in my own experience the other side's family can be the nastiest of the lot. Plus Gail has never been reasonable about defending her precious kids. Remember fighting Eileen in the street when Todd came out?
David called Nick out on his hypocrisy and I totally agree about humiliating Carla in public. However, these showdowns nearly always happen in public in soaps. I do understand Nick's point that he could never trust Carla again after all the lies. His own past behaviour doesn't change the fact that his relationship with Carla is now broken beyond repair.
I hope Tracy gets all the blame too, though I think that hope is futile. However, at the end of the day it was Carla that drove that car in a dangerous manner and caused the crash and I don't think the police would take the view that Tracy's to blame, despite her provocation. I'm wondering if Carla will to jail?
I think Nick was more concerned that Carla had given Tracy the money so that Robert could buy the Bistro and hadn't told him about it than he was about the infidelity after David had reminded him about Kylie. Nick had never really wanted to leave Weatherfield (and his mother :eek:), so to find out he was tricked into selling up and leaving was the final straw for him.
I also think we have to remember that we, as the viewers, see a lot more of what's going on than the characters in the soap, so, while we have a good understanding of everything, individuals within the various storylines only have their own view of what's going on.
I don´t think so, she is leaving today :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
Yes, and understandably so. It was a very cruel thing to do to him. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
I don't understand why she wouldn't be charged for the crash... :searchme:Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
I think all in all it was Nick that had the worse day. Carla chose to ruin his happiness on such a special day by revealing her unfaithfulness, and just as he got over that, Tracy went and made it ten times worse. His humiliation was also a public one. And now he'll have to contend with Gail being even more over-protective... :eek:
I can´t see her getting arrested for the crash, never to be seen and heard of again, surely she would be waiting for a court case to be dealt with and not be in prison all that time as she has not yet been found guilty ... somehow I am more than disappointed at her exit storyline :wall:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
Was she drinking :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
I am disappointed in her exit too
I want her to part on good terms with Roy
bye bye carla and remember roy and justin bieber's words love yourself :p
I found the goodbyes a bit cringy, and I didn't even watch Carla and Tracy's last scene. Still, it was very good that Roy forgave her.Quote:
Originally Posted by lizann
Carla was a completely different person when she arrived on the cobbles. I remember her as being very bitchy, selfish and hard-faced. How does someone change so completely in a few years? http://www.picgifs.com/smileys/smile...sed-630530.gif
Did Carla even attempt to say goodbye to Nick or even try to win him back before leaving, I did think she loved him
Nick = not worth it. Just a hypocrite loser.
I think he has every right to be upset. He forgave her for the cheating. It's everything that she done he's heartbroken about. Lying and scheming to get him to move away from his family and give up his business. I know it was blackmail but she told him in their wedding day when she knew he had to avoid stress.Quote:
Originally Posted by mariba
She had to leave and it would have been too early for her to try to get him back, Nick would need time to digest the news, especially as he has mental issues right now. As Alison King gave a fair bit of notice about wanting to leave, I wish they had come up with a very much less predictable storyline ... I would have given her a business award and some high powered job like working for or with Victoria Beckham in LA and Nick not being able to fly because of his condition ... so he has to get better first while she goes ahead ... and then Leanne comforting Nick when he feels lonely and presto .. LA no longer an option :DQuote:
Originally Posted by tammyy2j
I'd have been sympathetic to Carla for doing all that, because she was under duress at the time, if she'd shown any remorse for it. However, she appeared to feel no guilt at manipulating Nick. I don't blame him either, especially because what she did worsened his head injury symptoms and frightened him to death.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalesfan
However, Carla's exit was an unnecessarily cruel one from a lot of viewers' point of view (including mine). Why couldn't she at least have left with her head held high?
I agree!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
The writing for Nick and Carla the last few weeks wasn't great. Nick fought so hard for Carla over the year as a friend and lover. I just don't think he would have been that cruel. Maybe in the heat of the moment but in time he would have at least spoke to her. I suppose that's his head injury aswell. Also Carla made no attempt to fight for their relationship. She just leaves. Nick doesn't even know the full story and has now disappeared from screen. They could have at least had a heart to heart agreeing that Nick couldn't move and she couldn't stay and her leaving on better terms.
That would have been a much better and more satisfying end for Carla.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalesfan
I think she should have at least tried to go see him before she leftQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
As said I think by Dazzle in another thread how can Carla leave after the crash, is their no investigation?
I agree her exit storyline was bad
Was it not said in Carla's last episode that there was a police investigation going on? Or am I dreaming that?Quote:
Originally Posted by tammyy2j
That's correct. Carla went before the story had finished...strange decision. :hmm:Quote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
I must have missed that :oQuote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
I did at times like Carla and Nick as a couple and think she could have put up more of a fight for him in the end
Yes, Carla acknowledged she was leaving despite an investigation going onQuote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
Yes, Carla acknowledged she was leaving despite an investigation going onQuote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
I think she fought so hard up until the wedding and had no fight left in her after that especially with the humiliation of the wedding
she caved to tracy's demands, letting her win, not put up much of a fight to meQuote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
Former Coronation Street star Alison King has quashed your hopes of a soap comeback – suggesting that she may even quit acting.
Alison, who played Carla Connor on the ITV soap, told the Daily Star that she has nothing lined up and may explore a career change.
"I've got no new acting projects in the pipeline," she said at the launch of Amaluna – Cirque du Soleil's new show. "I may actually leave acting behind and join the circus.
"I'll maybe have a go tonight and see how it pans out," she joked.
Carla arrived on the cobbles in December 2006, and spent nearly a decade there before quitting Weatherfield this May.
She was at the centre of several huge storylines, including running over Stella Price and her ongoing feud with arch-enemy Tracy Barlow.
Carla was also raped by her boyfriend Frank Foster (and then became a suspect in his murder), and found herself as part of another major storyline with her on-off affair to Peter Barlow, who she later married.
In the end, Carla left Weatherfield for a new life in Devon – after discovering that family friend Johnny Connor was actually her biological father.
Alison previously told Digital Spy that she would be interested in returning to Coronation Street.
"I would never ever say never and I just love that the door has been left open for her," she said. "It is really nice that the characters who have such a history on the street are able to go back.
"Of course, they are my family. I love them and I love working with them, but at the moment, I'm just going to take a different direction for a while."
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:( Guess they can recast ut will never be the same without her
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Kate Oates wants her back
I want Carla back too, but as a strong, independent woman like she was at first. And not back together with neither nick or Pete. Pete should be left on his own for a while. I like the new responsible Pete.
Rob as well in the future hopefully
I really think Carla needs at least a five year absence to break free of the awful writing that defined her last few years.
With a new writer for her it would not need to be that long but I agree that the old feisty Carla has to return, if ever she doesQuote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
Let me word it slightly differently: I need at least a five year break from Carla. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
She is coming back later this year apparently :thumbsup::cheer:
Great
alison got no other work thought she would do well after corrie, think too soon for her return