Well, that was awkward. I could barely hear Charles and Camilla- had to have the subtitles on. So cringey when they were meeting all the cast in their characters, hand shaking each of them even most of them are criminals or related to criminals. And then imagining them meeting the cast as themselves afterwards too. I wonder if that part was scripted with actual lines, as it felt so rushed and hectic. Charles and Camilla seemed so lost. Karen’s acting was particularly bad imo. It felt disingenuous to see Camilla putting a ribbon on the tree for Chantelle- who’s storyline EE completely ruined.
I feel bad Phil missed out, but Steve McFadden was in the big cast photo so at least he got to meet them as himself. I realised when Charles and Camilla were meeting the characters that there’s hardly any iconic/notable characters. Just the dull ones who have managed to survive any big accidents or mass murders on the square through being so dull. Stacey was probably the most iconic character they met. I couldn’t believe when Charles shook Harvey’s hand… the dad of a terrorist. I also thought it was weird Amy and Ricky were involved but not the other EE kids.
I thought Charles’ line to Frankie was weird too, telling her she could lip read well?…
Rant over
I just thought it was poorly executed but that’s EE for you. No wonder Danny Dyer is jumping from this sinking ship soon