Wedding From Hell  

 

Source: Sunday Times Tv Guide

Date: 9th February, 2003

 

There's nothing like a tv wedding to get the ratings going.

And with the imminent departure of three major characters for the successful tv series All Saints, a wedding is sure to be a guaranteed ratings winner over the next few weeks.

Erik Thomason (mitch), Libby Tanner (bron) and Brian Vriends (ben) are all leaving-a move that is likely to provide All Saints with its biggest challenge since it was launches in Feb 1998.

The three have all made their final tearful farewells to their mates on channel  7s All Saints and viewers will get to see their big farewells slightly later in the yr.

But to get the show rolling the big wedding episode kicks off a new series of All Saints for the year.

 

While fans will enjoy the results, it wasn�t all fun for the cast.

 

When she was last in Perth, Judith McGrath, who plays nurse Von, muttered about making the wedding episode which she said was �hard on the backside� sitting in the background for 13hrs of shooting.

 

Tanner says for her it was harder on the feet.     

�it was a very hot day and the first day of shooting I had a very tight dress on- Alex Perry number that was moulded to my figure", she says in those husky familiar tones.

 

�it needed to be stretched basically, and it took the help of a couple of girls to get into it.

�it all looked pretty glam, but it was bloody hard work. I walked down the aisle 15 or 16 times, waiting for the lighting guys to light this side of the church and then that side of the church.

�all the extras were fanning their faces going �wheres lunch?�

 

�it is hard work doing TV weddings. They're long days, but they are good fun. They're light hearted�

 

Tanner says the first episode back for the year is a classic wedding episode.

 

�You see all the girls doing the whole Sandra Dee stuff in the room with the champagne and the hair up in curlers in the frilly nighties, carrying on and giggling.   

 

�the boys are hung over. They have a brawl or something and were in hospital and Mitch was having stitches in his eye

 

�the girls have to go down and get them-its just classic wedding stuff�

 

While Tanner has a child with onscreen and off screen partner Brian Vriends, they are not married-and according to Tanner never likely to be.

 

�we�re not really the marrying types" she says

 

But if she was planning a marriage, hers would never be anything like the All Saints one.

In the series it�s a big church wedding-very traditional-as is the reception with all its flowers and frills.

 

�although her dress is quite special-a very strong, simple, sexy dress- a mermaid kind of dress, very bron and not too frilly� Tanner says

 

�its not Muriel, but kind of traditional classic�

 

While she may never want to get married, she says that if she did the whole point of it would be to have a party.

 

�id just have a party with lots of good friends and lots of good food, good alcohol and a really good band somewhere.

 

�but it wouldn�t be in a church�

 

While it�s a closely guarded secret about just how Tanner will leave All Saints, she feels the time is right

 

�my time in all saints has been a lot of fun� the 32 yr old says

She wants to spend more time with her 12-month old Edi (haha they spelt it wrong) and will look for less demanding work

 

�ive been on the show for 5 yrs. I think its time to go and find another notch for the belt� she says

 

NOW IT TALKS ABOUT HER BIOGRAPHY STUFF HOW SHE GREW UP AND HER DRAMA PLAYS ETC ETC. THE STUFF WE ALREADY KNOW. Love Mon

 
Hosted by www.Geocities.ws

1