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1 thing that surprised John Hannah when filming new series in Benidorm (opens the original)
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Ever since he came to prominence in Four Weddings and a Funeral back in 1994, John Hannah hasn't stopped working. He's been in more than 70 films and over 40 TV shows, yet the prodigious performer puts his longevity down to chance, not talent. “I think I've been very lucky," the 64-year-old humbly believes. "I don't think I'm particularly talented or funny, but I think I have a gift for meeting talented and good people who have helped me along the way. For me that's been the best gift." He’s pro
Corrie star: 'now I'm 55 the roles I'm offered are alcoholic cougars' (opens the original)
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She is a “triple-threat” performer who sang, danced and acted to great acclaim on stage as Roxie Hart in Chicago, but Claire Sweeney reckons there’s no tougher job than Soapland. The 55-year-old, who came to fame on Brookside as Lindsey Corkhill in the early Nineties, has just completed a three-year stint on Coronation Street as Tyrone’s troubled mum Cassie Plummer. "Being in a soap is the hardest work ever,” she tells the Express, ahead of leaving the cobbles later this summer. “When you're par
Elaine Paige admits musical theatre career is over for 1 "terrible" reason (opens the original)
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She's been hailed as the First Lady of British Musical Theatre, but Dame Elaine Paige is forced to admit that her days of being on stage are behind her now. "I don't see myself being in musical theatre anymore because I just don't have the stamina," laments the 78-year-old former star of Evita, Cats, Sunset Boulevard and Chess with a heavy sigh. "It's not like anything else in the theatre world or in the entertainment industry, like making movies or television performances or acting in a play. I
Slow Horses star Kristin Scott Thomas on job that almost makes her quit acting (opens the original)
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She specialises in playing formidable, fiercely intelligent characters, so I'm expecting Kristin Scott Thomas to be a somewhat daunting interviewee. It's a misconception that baffles her as she arches her eyebrows and ponders: "Sometimes people have accused me of being frightening in my life and I go 'What are you talking about? I'm not frightening at all’.” Or rather it used to baffle her, until she started playing MI5 bigwig Diana Taverner in Slow Horses. Starting out as Deputy Director Genera
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