OHMYGOSSIP — Suranne Jones’ starring role in ‘Vigil’ was the most bruising challenge of her career.
The 42-year-old actress plays Amy Silva, a police detective investigating a sailor’s mysterious death, in the new BBC drama, and she admits it was the most demanding role of her life.
Suranne – who performed her own stunts on the show – reflected: “When I first read the script, I was like, ‘Oh my god, this sounds amazing – I get to do all these stunts!’
“But I forgot how old I was. I thought I was 23 when I was reading it, and that’s not true any more. So I had to do a lot of working out just to build up my strength in order to do those scenes.
“I got whiplash, I put my back out a couple of times and I was covered in bruises. Every time I went home, my husband was like, ‘What the hell have they done to you now?’
“But it was fun to do and I watch the finished series and go, ‘Oh, Amy’s great!’ But I was hobbling home and having Epsom salt baths during filming.”
‘Vigil’ features two female leads – Suranne’s character and her lesbian lover Kirsten Longacre – and the actress described the show’s approach as “modern and refreshing”.
She told The Sun newspaper: “What the team have tried to do is really modern, because we’ve got a real old-fashioned boysy thriller in that it’s set on a submarine and it’s a police investigation.
“And they’ve put two female leads at the heart of it, which I think is brilliant and modern and refreshing.
“And there’s also a love story between these two leads that we’re uncovering at the same time, but it doesn’t clash in any way with the thriller elements of the plot.”
Source: VacationHunter.Online
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