³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Four finds itself in a Tight Spot
Lift – Siobhan Redmond plays Christabel
Christabel is a middle-aged, cheerfully dressed, four-times married, eccentric Scottish lady who keeps producing odd objects from her copious handbag.
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She's relentlessly jolly, and without a shred of self consciousness. She's also challenged in the bladder area and, in an effort to take her mind off this, tries to get everybody to join in a sing-song...
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Siobhan loved the script, and was also keen to work with James Hawes again: "I played a pair of identical twins in ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One's psychological thriller Sea Of Souls which he directed and which I thoroughly enjoyed doing."
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She comments: "It's always fun playing someone who is completely outgoing and flamboyant, unselfconscious and with absolutely no filters.
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"She is very colourful – not least in the way she dresses, and has quite a bit of life experience, probably helped by being married so often.
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"Christabel sees herself as a sort of mother figure and decides it's up to her to keep everyone's spirits up."
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But she admits that filming in a small space for four days began to take it toll: "It was really good fun, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself, but we did begin to suffer from cabin fever – and that wasn't helped by the fact that Douglas Hodge is the most terrible giggler and that was unbelievably contagious.
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"This was particularly the case when his character was meant to be acting out a game of charades and he was improvising like mad; I haven't laughed so much in ages!"
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Siobhan hasn't ever been stuck in a lift herself, but admits that she found it strange having to get into a lift immediately after the read-through when she went for a costume fitting: "I found myself looking for escape routes! I don't think I'll ever look at a lift in the same way again..."
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