Former Casualty stars Sunetra Sarker and Jamie Davis opened up about their on-screen relationship during a reunion on Loose Women.
The pair reflected on their time playing Dr Zoe Hanna and Max Walker on the medical soap, with Sunetra revealing she was thankful the pair could pull off their characters' "extreme" relationship.
"It was such a lovely storyline for the fans, but for us we'd never worked together and we had to create this quite extreme relationship of a consultant falling in love with a porter," Sunetra explained.
"The top of the tree and the bottom of the tree, you don’t mind me saying that."
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She then went on to explain that it was their goal to make sure viewers felt the relationship was believable and not just part of a TV script.
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"That was our homework, we were going to make this work without people going 'oh that would never happen'. That’s what we didn’t want people to say," the panelist continued. "We’re both really happy that we managed to pull this off. Without people feeling that this was obvious TV."
Jamie added: "You just want people to believe it and enjoy it as much as we did."
Jamie also touched on his upcoming TV project You & Me, which is being produced by A Very English Scandal's Dominic Treadwell-Collins and It's a Sin's Russell T Davies.
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The comedy drama stars Harry Lawtey, Jessica Barden and Sophia Brown, telling the story of three characters who manage to find love in unexpected places.
You & Me also sees the actor taking on a behind-the-camera role as a writer, earning praise from Russell T Davies for his talent.
"I read 100s of scripts, but this one shone out from the rest. It's an honour to help Jamie get this to the screen – it's funny, fast, clever and heart-breaking, everything you want a drama to be!" he said.
Loose Women airs on weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX. Filming on You & Me has begun, set for a 2023 release.
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