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Helena
Sept 30, 2007 6:28:40 GMT 9.5
Post by EarlyBird on Sept 30, 2007 6:28:40 GMT 9.5
Which brings us to Helena, another monstrous character in the show, deftly played by Miranda Richardson. Helena is the producer, a slightly deranged, hyperactive, amoral shell of a creature whose two-year-old can speak only Spanish because she never sees her workaholic mother, just the nanny. Helena doesn’t care about the guests’ problems, just the ratings: so the sleazier the stories, the better. The character was Saunders’ idea. “I have seen those people working in television,” she says, laughing. “That manic energy. They learnt it on coke and they can’t leave it behind. Everything’s going to fall down unless they’re that manic.”
Found this on the French and Saunders Forum
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