The Marigold
cast in Indiaexperience because you don’t have to
do anything. People come on and say
nice things about you, then you have
a little drink afterwards. You also
get to keep the big red book,
which I still have of course.
...I ENJOYED PLAYING
A VILLAIN ON
EASTENDERS. I was
Gavin Sullivan on the
show for a year from 2015
and it was a tough job. I have a
lot of admiration for people in soaps
because they’re on an incredibly
tight schedule, with no time to do
anything else. But I was glad I did it
and I had my own catchphrase:
“Hello Princess”.
...GETTING TO SEE SO MANY
EXOTIC PLACES when I did The Real
Marigold Hotel in 2017 was such a
pleasure. Being in your
seventies, and in some cases
in your eighties, it’s so nice
to be invited to take part
in a primetime show,
visiting amazing places
and experiencing the fun
that entails. I especially
liked going to India and
learning to tango in Argentina. QAs told to Simon ButtonPaul Nicholas’ autobiography Musicals,
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