Post by suse on Jul 21, 2009 7:34:34 GMT
A great delivery
Bridget Parker has had her fair share of Erinsborough drama, writes Colin Vickery
Neighbours actor Eloise Mignon's character Bridget Parker has been through the mill. She had had to confront adoption, sexual assault, serious injury, a court confession, teenage pregnancy, marriage and complications with the birth of her daughter, India. Tonight Bridget faces her most serious test of all - a life-threatening car accident. The shock crash follow's Mignon's announcement that she is leaving Neighbours to return to university. The 22-year-old deferred her studies to join the show in July 2007. The producers had so much faith in her acting ability, they gave her character some of the meatiest storylines over the past two years.
"Bridget was always going to be a character that would really develop because when she came on to the show she was so naive and underdeveloped for a girl of her age," Mignon says. "When she was 16 she was still like a little girl - still wanting to play football with the boys and play with her pet kangaroo - denying her sexuality and impending adulthood." Mignon has relished every acting challenge that has come her way. "Bridget's had to deal with a lot of blows to her idea of the world as this safe, happy place," Mignon says. "Being sexually assaulted made her realise that horrible things can happen and the pregnancy was a lesson in decision making and its consequences."
Conservatve groups were outraged by Bridget's teen pregnancy storyline earlier this year. The plot had Bridget discovering she was pregnant to 18-year-old student Declan Napier. Pro-Family Perspectives director Angela Conway said: "Programs like Neighbours can make the behaviours that lead to teenage pregnancy seem normal and acceptable." Mignon says Neighbours went to great pains to give an honest portrait of an issue that affects many teens. "I wanted to do this story if it did the emotional spectrum (of the pregnancy) justice," she says. "To touch on abortion, adoption, the confession to the parents, the strains between the parents and family and school - they're really important things to touch on. It's been made really clear that Declan's really Bridget's true love. I think that's really nice. I think that relationship's been dealt with really well."
Herald Sun Guide 15/07/09
By Colin Vickery
Thanks to Carly at Nfans
Bridget Parker has had her fair share of Erinsborough drama, writes Colin Vickery
Neighbours actor Eloise Mignon's character Bridget Parker has been through the mill. She had had to confront adoption, sexual assault, serious injury, a court confession, teenage pregnancy, marriage and complications with the birth of her daughter, India. Tonight Bridget faces her most serious test of all - a life-threatening car accident. The shock crash follow's Mignon's announcement that she is leaving Neighbours to return to university. The 22-year-old deferred her studies to join the show in July 2007. The producers had so much faith in her acting ability, they gave her character some of the meatiest storylines over the past two years.
"Bridget was always going to be a character that would really develop because when she came on to the show she was so naive and underdeveloped for a girl of her age," Mignon says. "When she was 16 she was still like a little girl - still wanting to play football with the boys and play with her pet kangaroo - denying her sexuality and impending adulthood." Mignon has relished every acting challenge that has come her way. "Bridget's had to deal with a lot of blows to her idea of the world as this safe, happy place," Mignon says. "Being sexually assaulted made her realise that horrible things can happen and the pregnancy was a lesson in decision making and its consequences."
Conservatve groups were outraged by Bridget's teen pregnancy storyline earlier this year. The plot had Bridget discovering she was pregnant to 18-year-old student Declan Napier. Pro-Family Perspectives director Angela Conway said: "Programs like Neighbours can make the behaviours that lead to teenage pregnancy seem normal and acceptable." Mignon says Neighbours went to great pains to give an honest portrait of an issue that affects many teens. "I wanted to do this story if it did the emotional spectrum (of the pregnancy) justice," she says. "To touch on abortion, adoption, the confession to the parents, the strains between the parents and family and school - they're really important things to touch on. It's been made really clear that Declan's really Bridget's true love. I think that's really nice. I think that relationship's been dealt with really well."
Herald Sun Guide 15/07/09
By Colin Vickery
Thanks to Carly at Nfans