‘It's a bit like taking your clothes off'
TV Times|February 15, 2020
Kellie Bright on playing drunk and taking the plunge for EastEnders’ exciting 35th anniversary special.
ALISON SLADE
‘It's a bit like taking your clothes off'

Anyone who thinks actors lead a charmed life should have a chat with Kellie Bright. In the run-up to Christmas, the EastEnders star was filming scenes for this week’s 35th anniversary episodes, in which disaster strikes as the Walford residents are aboard a party boat on the River Thames. Let’s just say it wasn’t a glitzy affair.

‘We spent a week in a water tank in Basildon. The glamour!’ laughs Kellie.

‘Every time we did a take, they had to “murk” up the water. They used vegetable matter – it was pretty grim!

‘Your adrenaline is constantly flowing, so it was exhausting. But it was something I’d never done before, and I actually loved it.’

If being submerged in brown sludge doesn’t feel like much of a hardship, then that’s probably because Kellie has much bigger challenges to deal with.

In recent months, viewers have seen her character, Linda Carter, descend headlong into alcoholism.

This story is from the February 15, 2020 edition of TV Times.

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