storyline planning conference would have had the writing on the wall anyway. sometimes things happen and you just have to take somebody out very, very quickly, you know? i ve been in situations like that when. you say, bite the bullet . sometimes i ve had to put the bullets out, you know, so. and then you have to. because the length of time, a0 episodes have to be rewritten, you know, so 20 have to be reshot, that kind of thing. but, you know, generally, you often get them a good thing. crosstalk yeah, sorry. unless they transgress, you know? well, the exact one we had is when ricky tomlinson, who played bobby grant, we had a falling out about the way the storyline was going and hejust said, that s it, i m off, and walked off the set there and then, so we had to think, how do we how do we manage that? you know, so. how did you? yeah, we called the writers in and rewrote the next script, and the next script said, where s bobby, sheila? you won t believe this he s gone to gdans
and, phil, you re smiling there. but, i mean, how much notice do actors get when, you know, they re going to face some sort of gruesome ending or, indeed, their characters are, not the actors themselves? do they get time to look for a newjob? it really depends on your schedule, you know? i mean, we used to give our actors 12 month contracts and then let them know three months ahead at the end of that 12 month contract whether it would come, but probably a little bit earlier, because the long term storyline planning conference would have had the writing on the wall anyway. sometimes things happen and you just have to take somebody out very, very quickly, you know? i ve been in situations like that when. you say, bite the bullet . sometimes i ve had to put the bullets out, you know, so. and then you have to. because the length of time, a0 episodes have to be rewritten, you know, so 20 have to be reshot, that kind of thing. but, you know, generally, you often get them a good thing. cro
thenjust kind of leave in a cab and everyone forgets the episode afterwards. i think if you get a big exit like that, you definitely leave a legacy in the show. and, phil, you re smiling there. but, i mean, how much notice do actors get when, you know, they re going to face some sort of gruesome ending or, indeed, their characters are, not the actors themselves? do they get time to look for a newjob? it really depends on your schedule, you know? i mean, we used to give our actors 12 month contracts and then let them know three months ahead at the end of that 12 month contract whether it would come, but probably a little bit earlier, because the long term storyline planning conference would have had the writing on the wall anyway. sometimes things happen and you just have to take somebody out very, very quickly, you know? i ve been in situations like that when. you say, bite the bullet . sometimes i ve had to put the bullets out, you know, so. and then you have to. because the length