Michelle Connor-McDonald (Kym Marsh)

[GloriaW]

Is there a reason in an up coming plot for the writers to have made her so moanie? It does my head in.

They seem to lack consistency in many cases with the nature of the characters and will manipulate them to suit a plotline without taking into consideration continuity of a charcter. For them it often is more about advancing a storyline then taking into consideration how a character would respond given their basic makeup and nature. You know..."personality transplants" as we sometimes refer to them.

[GloriaW]

Is there a reason in an up coming plot for the writers to have made her so moanie? It does my head in.

They seem to lack consistency in many cases with the nature of the characters and will manipulate them to suit a plotline without taking into consideration continuity of a charcter. For them it often is more about advancing a storyline then taking into consideration how a character would respond given their basic makeup and nature. You know..."personality transplants" as we sometimes refer to them.

[sarah c]

sometimes I have read interviews with cast members however who say...X wouldnt react like that, I wanted to think how X would react....etc

so when the SW went to Michelle Keegan and went 'you know Tina is very moral and criticises peoples bad behaviour, well she's going to have an affair with a married man and be a tramp'....did the actress not think to contracdict them?

[Perdita]

sometimes I have read interviews with cast members however who say...X wouldnt react like that, I wanted to think how X would react....etc

so when the SW went to Michelle Keegan and went 'you know Tina is very moral and criticises peoples bad behaviour, well she's going to have an affair with a married man and be a tramp'....did the actress not think to contracdict them?

Maybe not if she was hoping to have a great exit story with the door open for a possible return some time later ..... or maybe she thought it was good to prove she can act the 'tramp' too for future roles elsewhere ...

[Perdita]

sometimes I have read interviews with cast members however who say...X wouldnt react like that, I wanted to think how X would react....etc

so when the SW went to Michelle Keegan and went 'you know Tina is very moral and criticises peoples bad behaviour, well she's going to have an affair with a married man and be a tramp'....did the actress not think to contracdict them?

Maybe not if she was hoping to have a great exit story with the door open for a possible return some time later ..... or maybe she thought it was good to prove she can act the 'tramp' too for future roles elsewhere ...

[sarah c]

Maybe not if she was hoping to have a great exit story with the door open for a possible return some time later ..... or maybe she thought it was good to prove she can act the 'tramp' too for future roles elsewhere ...

hmmmm. do you think there will be much future 'acting'...?

[Perdita]

hmmmm. do you think there will be much future 'acting'...?

With her looks, she probably will, even if it is in another soap rather than the big Hollywood career ......

[GloriaW]

sometimes I have read interviews with cast members however who say...X wouldnt react like that, I wanted to think how X would react....etc

so when the SW went to Michelle Keegan and went 'you know Tina is very moral and criticises peoples bad behaviour, well she's going to have an affair with a married man and be a tramp'....did the actress not think to contracdict them?

The paycheck factor at work!

[Dazzle]

sometimes I have read interviews with cast members however who say...X wouldnt react like that, I wanted to think how X would react....etc

so when the SW went to Michelle Keegan and went 'you know Tina is very moral and criticises peoples bad behaviour, well she's going to have an affair with a married man and be a tramp'....did the actress not think to contracdict them?

Actors are paid to do a job, they have very little control over what their characters do. They just have to act out what's given them, or they'd be in danger of ruining their acting careers. I'm sure some do complain, but it doesn't mean that the writers and producers will take any notice.

Apparently, the actor who played Martin Platt was in the same situation and refused to act out a storyline. His contract wasn't renewed thereafter.

[GloriaW]

Actors are paid to do a job, they have very little control over what their characters do. They just have to act out what's given them, or they'd be in danger of ruining their acting careers. I'm sure some do complain, but it doesn't mean that the writers and producers will take any notice.

Apparently, the actor who played Martin Platt was in the same situation and refused to act out a storyline. His contract wasn't renewed thereafter.

Certainly true Daz concernng these soap actors. A different story with A lister film actors who often have creative input on the script and even choice of directors. But this is soapland and these actors are limited in terms of control. If they get good and fed up they can leave and take their chances. But with most of them having limited talent the choices for them keep that sort of acton at bay.