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Post by cassiehughes on Nov 28, 2006 23:18:24 GMT
I saw Christina's little part in Casino Royale. It was a 45 second spot, but she can always say she was in a Bond flick which I think is really cool.
I wish I were in England so I could go see her in the play. The premise actually sounds pretty good.
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Post by rwctlc1107 on Nov 28, 2006 23:58:39 GMT
I would love to see the play also, but I guess convincing my Husband that a weekend trip to London isnt THAT espensive is probably out of the question We went back in 2001 and spent a small fortune on that trip! BTW, I just watched He knew he was right this weekend and it was so good. Tina
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Post by orokiah on Dec 4, 2006 19:46:25 GMT
The episode of Agatha Christie's Marple that features Christina Cole, 'The Murder At The Vicarage', is being repeated. It's on again on Friday 15th December at 8.30pm on ITV1.
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Post by orokiah on Dec 10, 2006 14:28:01 GMT
Double posting (grrr...sorry) to stick up a link to a little article on Christina that was in yesterday's Weekend magazine: In The Know - Christina ColeI don't think there's anything new in it, but I was so pathetically excited at actually seeing an article on her that I thought I'd scan it in anyway.
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Post by Casazeal on Dec 10, 2006 21:23:39 GMT
Gosh she's so pretty! ;D
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Post by vilji on Jan 31, 2007 23:29:17 GMT
About bloody time too, but according to Imdb she's currently working on a TV drama of Jane Eyre, as Blanche Ingram! If I'm correct I think I recall Blanche's character to be quite haunty too, and she's already played a girl who's up herself in 'What A Girl Wants', so this should be a good role for her! ;D Yay, Christina's back! I love Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth and Jennifer...(?)(great actress but forgot her name) Even though some of those Victorian stories have been done many time, Christina Cole seems cool enough not to choose something that's bland. She's a great actress, able to play so many roles, i.e., spoiled brat, nice and insecure, confident and cold... In the states, I don't see that often.
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Post by vilji on Jan 31, 2007 23:35:03 GMT
p.s. I meant to ask what 'haunty' means. Where I am, it means 'haunting' or doesn't go away soon. I've noticed there are a few different meanings over there and here. Just wondering what type of character Christina C. is playing in this show. Similiar to the one in 'What a girl wants'?
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Post by DreamDangerously on Feb 3, 2007 12:09:53 GMT
not haunty, haughty. It means someone is a bit stuck up or a bit of a snob and aloof.
Her character in Jane Eyre is very much all of the above.
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Post by vilji on Feb 4, 2007 19:11:18 GMT
lol, thanks, I thought it might have been 'haughty' after I posted.
Good, she's great in those roles. I loved her in "What a Girl Wants".
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Post by orokiah on Apr 10, 2007 18:16:47 GMT
Christina Cole is listed among the guest cast of the new two-part Sea Of Souls, which airs at 9pm on Tuesday 17th and Thursday 19th April (BBC1). After seeing her in Doctor Who the other night, I really hope she's playing eeevil once again. She was excellent at it.
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Post by fenris on Apr 11, 2007 21:43:32 GMT
Next week's Sea of Souls certainly has an impressive cast. In addition to Christina and Sea of Souls regular Bill Paterson, there's also Coupling's Ben Miles, Primeval's Douglas Henshall, and - best known for her role in Bodies - the bewitchingly beautiful Neve McIntosh.
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Post by fenris on Apr 19, 2007 19:35:24 GMT
The first episode of the Sea of Souls two-parter (screened 17/04/07) was very promising. True, it's just a traditional haunted house story, with the usual subplot in which the history of The Bad Place is investigated and slowly revealed. But a tale told well can still be highly entertaining, which more than compensates for any apparent lack of originality.
The talented cast have all acquitted themselves well so far, and although Bill Paterson's character is missing his usual sidekicks, this was probably a wise decision. There's enough going on in the story already, and to have included one or both of them, just for the sake of it, would have either overcrowded the narrative or made the characters redundant, with nothing to do.
Appearing in the flashback scenes, Christina Cole was introduced late in the first episode, but was still able to make an impact due to an eye-openingly revealing bedroom scene, just before the end credits. I wouldn't be surprised if some enterprising Christina fan has already placed it on You Tube.
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Post by orokiah on Apr 21, 2007 11:27:37 GMT
It was excellent. I didn't see the twist coming, which made it all the more entertaining, and the ending was suitably creepy. Bill Paterson is such a great actor. I can't say I missed his sidekicks at all, although perhaps that had more to do with the way the story was presented. Loved the way the flashbacks were melded into the present-day action. Christina was good too as always. If fairly naked at the end of part one.
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Post by DreamDangerously on Apr 21, 2007 20:28:36 GMT
I thought it was a fab story. I'd kind of sussed out the twist a fair while before it came but it was still very well done and very atmospheric. I'm at a bit of a loss at to why it was at all necessary to have to see Christina Cole's breasts on screen though? It was hardly essential to the plot! I'm not a prude but adding some tits in to a programme to make it 'spicy' pisses me off especially when the same kind of demands aren't made of male cast!
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Post by fenris on Apr 22, 2007 12:39:38 GMT
I enjoyed the second episode - nice build-up of dread - but I agree that the twist was fairly easy to spot, especially if you're seen the film The Skeleton Key, which this story borrowed from extensively, including the downbeat conclusion.
I would have liked to have seen an additional twist: Monaghan (Bill Paterson) confronts 'Ian' and 'Karen' in the kitchen. Just as 'Ian' is smugly telling him that he can't prove anything, 'Karen' picks up a knife and suddenly shoves it inbetween her husband's ribs. As he collapses dying, 'Ian' stares at his wife in disbelief; "Mary?" He gasps. "Karen?" Asks a stunned Monaghan. Glancing at Monaghan, then back at 'Ian', 'Karen' shakes her head. "Rebecca." She declares. At which point, the viewer and Monaghan both realise that in his haste to be reunited with his wife, Dunbar/'Ian' has accidentally allowed another spirit trapped in the house to take possession of Karen's body. 'Ian' dies. Rebecca/Karen looks at Monaghan. "I'm sorry we couldn't save her, Douglas. But I have a favour to ask of you." She says. The next scene would have the police at the house. Ian's covered body is being carried to an ambulance. Karen/Rebecca and Monaghan are being questioned separately. Monaghan - saddened at being unable to save Karen, but knowing that justice (of a sort) has been done - is telling the officers that Karen phoned him saying that Ian was behaving strangely and asking for his help. He arrived in time to see Ian violently attacking Karen, but before he could reach them, she'd had to stab her husband in self-defence. Glancing up at the house, Monaghan sees Dunbar and Mary's ghosts staring down at him in helpless, impotent rage.
It's rumoured that this two-parter was intended as being the final Sea of Souls. The fact that in previous years, BBC Scotland has commissioned full six-episode seasons of the show, but this year they requested three separate two-part dramas (Sea of Souls, next week's Life Line, and the upcoming Empathy) is seen as an indicator that they're looking for a replacement for the series.
But the first episode of Sea of Souls had a surprisingly high audience of five million, which is very impressive for a post-watershed show screened midweek. It was also the most-watched programme in it's timeslot. So who knows - the Beeb might reconsider.
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