Breaking Bad star Laura Fraser and Malpractice‘s Ella Maisy Purvis will play a detective duo in six-part drama series Patience from Eagle Eye Drama, PBS Distribution and Beta Film.
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Rachel is a penniless single mum with a troubled past and a violent ex-boyfriend in new four-part drama Too Good To Be True. But Kara Tointon still managed to find an aspect of her character’s life that made her feel a tiny bit jealous.
“Rachel takes her son to work with her. I left my sons behind in England when I filmed Too Good To Be True in Dublin and that was hard,” admits Kara, who is mum to Frey, five, and Helly, three, from her relationship with ex-fiancé, Marius Jensen.
She adds, “The longest period we had apart was two weeks and I really don’t know how actors who have young families can commit themselves to back-to-back projects, the kind which involve working away from home for weeks even months on end. I just couldn’t spend that much time apart from my boys.
Two weeks was bad enough, I’d miss them far too much.” Kara, 40, was at least able to FaceTime her sons during the making of the edge-of-the-seat thriller, which also stars Downton Abbey’s Allen Leech.
“Every morning, before we filmed scenes for the day, I would talk to them while I was having my make-up applied.
The people in the make-up department got to know my children really well!” Kara’s character Rachel has to work long hours as a hotel cleaner to pay the bills. She fires questions about the capital cities of the world at her 11-year-old son Liam – a genius with a high IQ – as she changes beds and replenishes mini bars.
“She’s determined to fight her way clear of poverty, but is in a desperately worrying situation,” explains Kara who, thankfully, hasn’t had to face that herself. But the former EastEnders star and 2010 Strictly winner is well aware that she belongs to a profession where a good pay cheque can quickly be followed by no pay – and it
.Breaking Bad star Laura Fraser and Malpractice‘s Ella Maisy Purvis will play a detective duo in six-part drama series Patience from Eagle Eye Drama, PBS Distribution and Beta Film.
Spice Girl Mel B has opened up about the financial struggles she faced after leaving her ex-husband Stephen Belafonte, revealing she was left with just £700.The 48 year old star has been open about her abusive relationship with Stephen, which he has always strongly denied.The pair secretly tied the knot in June 2007 and split a decade later. After their break-up, Mel B found herself short of money and had to move into her mum Andrea's bungalow, sharing a bed with her three kids - Phoenix, Angel and Madison. Despite her successful career, she felt she had 'nowhere to go' due to the impact of the relationship.
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Sylvester Stallone revealed on “The Family Stallone” Season 2 premiere that he never recovered from an injury he endured during the making of “The Expendables” (via People). The stunt gone wrong occurred during a scene in which Stallone got tackled by co-star and WWE legend Steve Austin. It left Stallone with dislocated shoulders and a fractured neck that have since required seven back surgeries and counting.
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For over twenty years, Irish actor Allen Leech has been delighting audiences with his phenomenal performance skills and stellar on-screen presence, with the much loved star dabbling in everything from period dramas to Oscar winning movies throughout his impressive career. But while most of us will know him best for playing Tom Branson in Downton Abbey, or his memorable turn as Paul Prenter in Bohemian Rhapsody, this week fans will be able to catch Allen in a brand new drama for Channel 5, called Too Good To Be True.
Kara Tointon has opened up about being away from her kids to film Channel 5's Too Good To Be True, with the ex-EastEnders star admitting that it was a difficult experience. The mum-of-two shares Frey, five, and Helly, three, with ex-fiance Marius Jensen.The couple split up in 2022 after six years together. Kara, 40, is starring in Channel 5's latest drama as Rachel - a penniless single mum with a troubled past and a violent ex-boyfriend - acting opposite Downton Abbey star Allen Leech.
Tyler Perry is adding to his collection of first-look deals.
Jeremy Kyle has shared an adorable snap of his baby daughter Iris Rose as he took her to the beach for the first time.The TV presenter, 58, welcomed Iris, his sixth child, and second with wife Vicky Burton, earlier this year and has been sharing snaps and videos of the youngster to his Instagram. His most recent post saw him holding Iris at the beach, adding text to the image, he wrote: "First trip to the beach Daddy but why did it take us an hour to get ready to walk 100 yards" He followed this with three crying with laughter emojis, and tagged his wife's Instagram page. After announcing the birth of Iris, Jeremy found himself at the centre on controversy after some people claimed he was "too old" to father a newborn.
There’s more Zombies coming to Disney Channel.
Staff at a Glasgow restaurant were shocked yesterday when a member of popular band 1975 stopped in for brunch.
The bad blood between Prince Harry and Piers Morgan shows no sign of evaporating, with the broadcaster responding sharply to news of Harry’s courtroom victory over Morgan’s former employer this week.
A mum who was left with a nine-inch scar on her neck after she was slashed in a nightclub has told how "justice has been served" as her attacker was jailed. Jeanette Irvine, 51, feared she would never see her children again when violent thug Marie Huggan sliced her throat open with a bottle in an unprovoked attack at De Vito's in Arbroath in July 2022.
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