Friday 2nd April 2004
R: That is a great scene. All I can say is�hi Letitia�
L: Hi
R: �all I can say is that Sharon must have some weird magical touch because there is 2 big strong bouncers�right�holding Dennis back, you go up and touch him gently on the back and with one bound he�s free!
L: Absolutely.
J: Mind you, I mean he could have come to you instead of standing there looking bemused.
R: Yeah but, but, but�
L: I think he was in shock, wasn�t he, really. As indeed she was.
R: Yeah, he didn�t mean to �cause he hit her in a blind rage and before that Den had been winding him up something rotten. I mean really! Saying �I don�t love you�
L: Yeah he wound him up like a coiled spring, didn�t he. And suddenly he didn�t know who was behind him and he just lashed out and�Sharon got it in the mouche.
J: Did you see�could you understand why everybody in Albert Square - well almost everyone, Dot�s on your side - but everyone in Albert Square is so anti this relationship because you�re not related!
L: No-
J: You weren�t brought up together, were you?
L: No, absolutely. I think what it is is that they were used to seeing them as brother and sister I think�so I think that was the shock value really.
J: Yeah.
L: Also, I think they�ve got nothing better in their lives to worry about! *laughs*
R: Yeah, I think they�re more shocked than disapproving. It�s Den�s complex reaction I love. And isn�t it great having�it�s like when you came back�when you came back�you were going for about 5 years, weren�t you?
L: Yeah. For about that, yeah.
R: �and it was good, yeah, thumbs up, we can all relax a bit now and now he�s back�!
L: Oh its great for me having Leslie back. I�m sure he�s been on this show a few times.
J: Oh yeah he has!
L: He�s a devil, isn�t he?! He�s been such fun. So it�s been great for me.
J: And when he first joined�how old were you? You were about 16 when you very first joined?
L: It sort of varies according to my mood! But I think I was about 15, 16, something like that.
J: So you must have been very shy on set�and Leslie and Anita Dobson really kind of looked after you.
L: Oh yeah, they took me under their wing, they were awesome. I mean, come this November it�ll be 20 years we started rehearsing the show.
J: Gosh!
L: I know! I�m 36 now so it�s been quite a journey really.
R: So they literally adopted you, didn�t they? I mean, you know, in a sense as well as in the storyline.
L: Oh yeah, absolutely.
R: Ok lets go back to this one, we�re going to show a bit from tonights. Den�s obviously been getting to you. You�ve obviously gone back with him. He�s obviously been twisting your mind against Dennis because he�s poisoned - I can just see just from this scene that he�s poisoning, well he�s half poisoned you.
L: Yeah.
R: Cause Dennis is no at the front door - let�s have a look.
*Shows clip from Dennis kicking at the front door*
J: Surely it�s not just because you were punched that you changed your mind about him, is it?
R: It�s Dirty Den, he�s being manipulative, isn�t he?
L: Yeah, absolutely being manipulative. I think as well that Sharon and - um - I�d had a scene with him basically saying that, you know, just anytime trouble comes to you just walk away�turn around, walk away and let it go�it doesn�t matter we�ve got each other.
J: Oh right.
L: And I think because of that-
R: Cause he lost it.
L: Yeah cause he lost it and his temper frightens her.
R: Now listen, we talked earlier about when you might have come into Eastenders�depending on your mood.
*Laugh from Letitia*
R: Well we found an early clip, it won�t prove anything�
L: Oh lovely, the poodle perm days, is it?
J: It is actually!
R: Do you know we�ve got songs for posh later?
L: I�ve heard, yeah.
R: Well we�ve had thousands of entries and we�ve had some really good ones from people who want to write for Posh. But you were there way ahead of everyone else, her, the Spice Girls, Pop Idol, Fame Academy�
Remember this?
They play a clip of Letitia singing Something Outta Nothing with The Banned and doing really dodgy dance moves. They chop between that and her cringing on the sofa as she watches it.
R: Enough! Mercy!
L: Spookily like Beyonce there!
R: It does prove one thing I�ve always believed - there is only one thing worse that seeing your dad dance�
L: Yeah, seeing yourself dance! And thinking you�re such a great mover!
R: �and thinking it was great at the time!
L: I think it scraped into number 11. Maybe Posh would re-release that one, what�d you reckon?
R: What was it called?
L: Something Outta Nothing. It was fabulous! We�ll turn a spark into a flame.
*insane laughter from Richard*
J: How is married life treating you then?
L: It�s lovely, yeah!
J: What is it, about over a year now?
L: It�ll be 2 years in September.
J: 2 years in Septempber
L: Yeah, since we got married so it�s going good, yeah.
R: Are you happy?
L: Very happy.
J: Is it what you expect it to be?
L: Yeah it�s lovely, there�s a real contentment there.
R: You can�t beat a good marriage, can you? Puts the icing on everything . Right look, this�ll please you actually. Before you got married - when you were still onscreen at Eastenders�we, um, picked out 5 of your lovers - onscreen
J: Not yours!
L: Ohhh mmm!
J: Sharon�s!
R: Sharon�s lovers in Eastenders and we�ve put them in a composite.
L: Oh ok.
R: Like a police photo fit and we want you to look at this composite first of all.
*show the composite*
J: He�s gorgeous, isn�t he!
R: We�ve got some question�s for you. Who�s hair do you think is in that composite?
L: Oh, I�ve no idea.
R: Shall I give you the 5 names? We�ve got Ian Beale, Phil Mitchell, Grant Mitchell, Dennis and Wicksy.
L: Wicksy.
R: Yeah!
J: Look at that hair! Ok the eyes, if we go back to that picture. Who do those eyes belong to?
L: Um�Ian.
R: Ian Beale?
L: No? Who is it?
*reveals picture of Nigel*
L: No it�s Nigel! Sorry Nige!
Goes on like that until she guesses who the nose, mouth and ears belong too and guesses them all correctly.
R: Right well ok, good luck with the rest of the storyline.
L: Thank you
R: It�s a lovely storyline.
L: Yeah I�m really enjoying doing it.
R: As usual you�re playing it beautifully.
L: Thank you.
R: It�s a pleasure to watch you.
L: Thank you.
R: You look great.
L: Thank you. Was lovely to see you again.
J: Cheers.
R: Did I hear you were going back into a musical?
L: No, not that I�ve heard of. I�d love to one day.
R: Right ok we�ll see what we can arrange!
J: What? *looks at him like�s sprouted a second head*
R: No? Ok I�ll check out my sources and get back to you.
"Something Outta Nothing"