UPeter Bowker ujonga emva kwi-ITV's A Christmas Carol, 20 years on: 'It was Ross Kemp's passion project'

UPeter Bowker ujonga emva kwi-ITV's A Christmas Carol, 20 years on: 'It was Ross Kemp's passion project'

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Zininzi izinto ezininzi ezitshintshileyo kwisikrini seKrisimesi ka-Carol: U-Alastair Sim usinike i-iconic Ebenezer ngo-1951 we-classic Scrooge, uKelsey Grammer wacula uHumbug! phezulu emiphungeni yakhe ngomculo kamabonakude ngo-2004, kwaye ngo-1992 ii-Muppets zahambisa enye yezona nguqulelo zintle zikaCharles Dickens. Akukho kutolikwa, nangona kunjalo, kufana ne-ITV's A Christmas Carol from 2000 - ngoku amashumi amabini eminyaka ubudala, iinkwenkwezi Ross Kemp njengo 'Eddie' Scrooge, shark mboleko shark ofumana uvuka krwada.



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Ukuba awuzange uyibone, usenokuhlekisa ngombono wokuhambisa intsomi kaDickens uye kwilifa lanamhlanje laseLondon, kunye ne-exEast ye-East cast njenge-protagonist yethu egwenxa. Kodwa umdlalo weqonga omnye wafumana ulwamkelo olufudumeleyo kwaye wafumana amanqaku aphezulu, kunye nezigidi ezisithoba ezazisombulula xa yayidlala nge-20 kaDisemba 2000.

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Ndimele nditsho ukuba inxenye yovuyo kum yayi - ngokucacileyo, kuba yayiyiRoss kwaye yayiyi-ITV kwaye yayiyeyangoku, ngaphambili, xa abantu besiva ngayo, wonke umntu wayephunga kancinci kwaye ehlekisa, kodwa ihambile phantsi kakuhle, umbhali uPeter Bowker uxelela RadioTimes.com . Isebenze kakuhle kwizilinganiso. Kwaye uphononongo- kwabakho uphononongo kwiThe Guardian apho bathi ,, ngokusisiseko, 'Ndayibukela le nto ndicinga ukuba izakuba s ** t kwaye yayiqaqambile'.

Ukulawula ukhetho lwakho lwe-imeyile, Cofa apha.



Inkuthazo yeli thuba lakutshanje kwiKarimesi yeKrisimesi ngokwenyani yayivela kuRoss Kemp ngokwakhe-ukuphuma kwakhe e-EastEnders njenge-hardman hunk Grant Mitchell yayisasazekile ngo-Okthobha u-1999 kwaye inkwenkwezi yayinomdla wokulandela iprojekthi yakhe yokuthanda ukuba nenxaxheba kuhlobo lwanamhlanje Ibali likaScrooge.

Ndiyakhumbula ukuba wenza izinto ezimbalwa [ngaphambili] - into yokuqala awayenzayo, wayedlala iarrister, eyayilula! Bowker utsho. USally Haynes noLaura Mackie, endiqale ikhono lam kunye nabo - bobabini babengabahleli beskripthi malunga nokuTyhaphaza, ikhomishini yam yokuqala yayiyiNtshabalalo ngo-1992, 1991 mhlawumbi- kwaye babephumelele kakhulu kwi-BBC kwaye ngoku I-ITV, kwaye beza kum bathi, 'URoss Kemp unale projekthi inomdla'.

Wayenqwenela ukwenza le nto kwaye i-ITV [eyayityikitye uKemp kwisibophelelo segolide emva kokuphuma kwesepha] babezimisele ukuyigcina… ndiyathetha, bebesithi, 'Siza kukukhanya oku ngaphandle kokubona iskripthi' , ke yayisisithembiso esinomtsalane! Kwaye ndinexesha elininzi kuRoss kwiEastEnders kwaye ndacinga nje, uyazi, iScrooge yanamhlanje, leyo ibang, kuba yeyona nto ayenzayo. Yeyona nto ayenze kakuhle.



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Ngomntu wakhe okhokelayo kunye noseto lwala maxesha, u-Bowker waqala ukukhangela iinkcukacha ezincinci anokuziqhuba ngomzamo wokubuyisela kwakhona kunye nokuvuselela ibali eliqhelekileyo. Ngandlela thile, ngenxa yokuba iKarimesi yeKrisimesi libali eliqhelekileyo, unikwe inkululeko engakumbi yokurhabaxa kuyo. Kanye njengokuba [umlawuli] uNick Murphy uguqulelo lweKrisimesi yokugqibela [edlalwa kwi-BBC One] - unikwe inkululeko kuba luhlobo lwenxalenye yebali lethu leKrisimesi iDNA.

Ukutsha kukaBowker kubandakanya i-Groundhog Day-style twist, ngo-Kemp ka-Eddie ephila ngala mini ephindaphindwe de afunde kwiimpazamo zakhe kwaye alungise iindlela zakhe.Ndiyakhumbula ndifunda iKarimesi yeKrisimesi ndilungiselela ukwenza unyango ndicinga nje, 'Thixo, inokuba yimfuzo yoSuku loMhlaba' - yandikhumbuza loo nto kwinqanaba elithile, ngokokubonakala ngathi yinto edlalwayo ukuyenza. Kukho into enomtsalane, ngokwembali, ekufanele ukuba uzibonakalise kwakhona kwaye kwakhona kwiimeko ezifanayo. Ndicinga ukuba yindlela yokuziphatha ehlangulayo ngokwenene, kanti enye indlela kunye nokuguquka ngesiquphe kwaye 'ndiza kuba mnandi ukusukela ngoku' ayisiyiyo. 'Buyela umva uyenze kwakhona' kubonakala kum kungohlobo oluphangaleleyo lokuhlola into eyiyo ukuzikhulula.

Ulandelelwano lwebali likaDickens apho iGhost yeKrisimesi yexesha elidlulileyo inyanzela uScrooge ukuba abonakalise ukuzibandakanya kwakhe okuphukileyo kwi-Belle yakhe ayithandayo kwandiswa, kunye nobudlelwane bukaEddie kunye nomongikazi uBella (Angeline Ball) obumba icandelo eliphambili lomdlalo. Ndiyithandile imbono yokuba umntu wakhe wathandana naye kwaye wabona icala kuye esingasaboniyo, uBowker uyachaza. Sive sisipho esihle kakhulu ukuba ungabinaso. Kwaye uyazi, sasibusisiwe nje ngala cast, andithi? Baqhelekile nje, bonke. Ukusuka kuRay Fearon [njengoMarley] yonke indlela eya kuMichael Maloney [njengoBob Cratchett].

URay Fearon njengoMarley kunye noRoss Kemp njengoScrooge kwiKrisimesi yeKarimesi (2000)

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Mina Anwar (njengomhlobo kaBella uJulie), uLorraine Ashbourne (odlala uSue Cratchett) kunye noTill Death Us Do Part's uWarren Mitchell (njengotata kaEddie ofileyo) nabo baphoswa malunga neKemp, kunye neRoyle Family kaLiz Smith (njengomhlala phantsi uJoyce). Ndandisoyika kakhulu uLiz, ukhumbula uBowker. Ndiyakhumbula wathi enye into - sasifundwa kwaye wathi nje, 'Kuhle, kuhle', kwaye ndacinga, 'Iyakwenza njalo! Iyakwenza njalo. '

I-twist enye kwi-tale kaDickens, nangona kunjalo, yadutyulwa yi-ITV - ukuphinda kwenziwe iTiny Tim eyayiza kuphinda ibuyise umntwana ogulayo webali lasekuqaleni njengesitulo esinamavili esisebenzisa amagraffiti. Eyona nto ndiyixhalabeleyo yayingumlinganiswa weTiny Tim, andifuni olu hlobo luhlaselayo lweTiny Tim. Ndiyakhumbula ndaya [kumbhali] Andrew Davies malunga nayo kwaye wathi nje, 'Hayi, ngekhe ubenalo olohlobo lwesiphene esihloniphekileyo saseDickensian'.

Ke kwinqanaba lonyango bendinokucinga ngakumbi ngoTim, owayenenkwenkwana enkulu, umntu osebenzisa isitulo esinamavili, owayejikeleza istrato, kwaye wayeza kuba nguTim Tim. Kwaye uLaura noSally bonwabe kakhulu- kodwa i-ITV, babenovalo kakhulu ngayo. Abayi kuyenza. (Umdlalo weqonga uza kuthi kamva ubonakalise ingxelo kaTim, edlalwa nguBen Tibber, owayehlala necystic fibrosis.)

U-Bowker usebenze nomlawuli u-Catherine Morshead kwi-Christmas Christmas-esi sibini siza kuphinda sisebenzisane emva kweminyaka emithandathu, kumdlalo we-2006 we-BBC uViva Blackpool- kwaye bathi babelane ngombono wokuba ingaba yeyiphi na le projekthi. Swafumana uburharha, so Ndizive nje ndikwizandla ezikhuselekileyo ukusukela ngalaaxesha sidibana ngalo. Wayenombono olungileyo ngayo kunye nendlela anokuyenza ngayo ukuba isebenze ngokubonakalayo kwaye-uyazi, uWarren uphuma kumabonwakude, umzekelo, ndiqinisekile ukuba yayinguCatherine. Kwaye yenaukuphatha izibini ezalupheleyo [uSmith kaJoyce kunye noCharles Simon kaEric, onamatyala kuEddie] kwaye nendlela asenze ngayo sobabini sayibona iyinto ehlekisayo kodwa inemfesane - oko kubonisa ukubamba kwakhe njengomlawuli. Kuzukile nje.

Njengokuba wayekade esebenza njengomvelisi kwiHero yeXesha le-ITV eyonwabisayo, ekwangumdlali weKemp, uJoshua St Johnson-ngoku ongumbhali kuthotho kubandakanya ne-Deep State kunye neGrantchester-wayeqeshelwe ukuzalisa indima efanayo kwiKrisimesi yeKarimesi.UJosh wayeka ukuvelisa, kodwa wayenengqondo nje kwaye enovakalelo, kwaye wayesebenze noRoss ngaphambili ukuze uRoss amthembe ngokwenene. Kwakukho intlanganiso enye engathandekiyo noRoss, kuba yayihlobo lweprojekti yakhe yokuthanda, kwaye wathi ufuna ukuba neenwele ezongeziweyo kule nxalenye! Kwaye bendihleli apho ndicinga, 'Kuncamathiselwe entwenini, kanye?'

Ndiqinisekile ukuba akazukundikhathaza ngokuzisa emva kwalo lonke eli xesha. Ndiye ndaqonda kakhulu. Kodwa yayihlekisa kakhulu. Ndikhumbula ndicinga, 'Intoni ?!'.

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UKemp's Scrooge ekugqibeleni, uyabona impazamo yeendlela zakhe, esindisa ubomi babantwana abatsha abahlala ezitalatweni, edubula umntu wakhe ongathandekiyo uBob (ecoca amatyala akhe kwinkqubo), ethenga iqabane lakhe elingumbulali uMarley emapoliseni kwaye Ukuphelisa ulawulo lwakhe lobunqolobi kwilifa laseLondon (wadutyulwa kwindawo ekwilifa lebhunga lase-Alexandra Road eCamden). Uyaphumelela uBella kule nkqubo, kunye noMoya weKamva leKrisimesi (uBen Inigo Jones) owayekhe wamkhathaza uEddie etyhile ukuba uthathe uhlobo lwonyana wesibini.

Kudala emva kokuphumelela kwamanqanaba okuqala, iKarimesi yeKarimesi yahlala ilungelelanisa iishedyuli zomnyhadala weITV, iphinda iphinda isasaze kwisitishi seITV rhoqo ngeKrisimesi iminyaka eliqela. Nangona ingazange ikhutshwe kwiDVD, umdlalo weqonga ngoku uyafumaneka ukusasaza okokuqala kwiBritBox.

Malunga neeKrismesi ezintlanu ezidlulileyo bendihamba ngabalungisa iinwele kwaye beziphakamisile kwi-telly esekoneni ye-ITV2, malunga neyesine emva kwemini ngo-Eva weKrisimesi- ibingumzuzu olungileyo lowo! Utsho uBowker, oqhubeke nokwenza kunye nokubhala uthotho lokuphumelela amabhaso iBlackpool, iCapital kunye neLizwi. Ndicinga ukuba ikhunjulwa ngothando olukhulu ngabantu abayibonileyo. Ngapha koko, ndibhale uthotho lwam olubizwa ngokuba yiMonroe kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo noJimmy Nesbitt, kwaye le neurosurgeon evela eLeeds-konke awakhe wafuna ukuthetha ngako yayiyiKarimesi yeKrisimesi! Wayengumcebisi wethu kwaye wayedlala izandla zikaJimmy Nesbitt xa esenza imisebenzi yobuchopho. Kwaye nanini na xa endifaka emotweni yonke into awayefuna ukuyithetha ngayo yayiyiKarimesi yeKrisimesi. Ndiza kujonga kwiskripthi sam soMonroe kwaye bendijonga phezulu ahambe, 'Uyayazi into endiyithandayo? IKarimesi yeKrisimesi! '.

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