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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alison Carr" data-source="post: 275840" data-attributes="member: 5183">Talking about Return to Eden in a previous interview here is what Nickki Paul said...'The show underwent such a dramatic change from what we were originally told. I am someone who really needs a very clear and definite idea of the role I am expected to play and i'd be very wary about anything like that happening again. Initially my character was going to go on a journey similar to that of her mother in the original mini series. I was to be the ugly duckling who throughout the course of the show developed into the beautiful swan. Sadly that angle of the show was dropped at the last minute leaving me with very little to actually do. This all came about when the lead writer was very suddenly sacked just after we went into pre-production. The series could have been a huge success but they opted to go down more of a soap route rather than the planned drama one.  I was lucky that on the day my holding contract expired I was offered a very different role in Prisoner. Towards the end of recording Eden I had somehow managed to pick up a stalker, it was a scary time. I desperately wanted to change my appearance as quickly as I could to avoid the attention and I had my curly locks chopped off and opted for a very short, white, spikey hair cut which as it turned out was perfect for the role in Prisoner. When I rocked up at the wrap party sporting my new look the producers jaw hit the floor as they had not yet cleared me for what is known as 'rushes clearance', they were quite angry with me for jumping the gun but it turned out ok as I was not needed for any reshoots.'Talking about Return to Eden in a previous interview here is what Peta Toppano said...'If I had one complaint to make about my time on Return to Eden it would be the costumes, particularly the skimpier ones that I was expected to wear and the excess of undressing scenes, I loathed it.  Another actress and I felt that we were being exploited and we really did not enjoy that part of the show. In the end it got so ridiculous that I had to complain as it was just titillating and I really objected to it.  I t would have been more honest to have me running around nude rather than the skimpy lace knickers. They felt that sex would sell but I found it tedious.  The worst of the scenes had me on a boardroom table seducing Daniel Abineri, I simply did not want to do it, it was late at night and I just wanted to go home and had certainly had my fill of these scenes by that point.  I check all scripts very carefully for what I call 'knicker scenes' now before I agree to them. Eden was a learning curve but that said Eden was good for my career and it paid for the renovations to my home in Balmain. 'Talking about Return to Eden in a previous interview here is what Daniel Abineri said...'towards the end of shooting I was inundated with silly little messages and notes from the Producer and the Director who seemed concerned with my characters appearance, they were obsessed with how I wore a tie and were convinced I did not look like a proper business man because it was never straight. So for revenge, there was one particular scene where I was throwing poor Peta Toppano around the bedroom and my tie became loose,  I made a point of looking straight down the camera and dramatically straightening my tie, it was left in the final edit too and now when you next watch it you will really notice it and see how pointed it was.</blockquote>

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