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[jennelldhalrbj.livejournal.com]

This site has a piece of the new season of Torchwood and on page 2 we get parts of an interview with Eve Myles.
Here are some interesting bits of it:

“The series opens with Gwen in charge while Captain Jack has been away and it’s been up to her to keep the team together and ticking over with work,” Eve explains. “She’s still the same old Gwen, still the nucleus of the team."------er----really? The nucleus of the team--how ever did they manage for ages before she arrived I wonder?

And it’s Gwen’s dynamic sex appeal alongside the charismatic Captain Jack which has helped to give the show its slightly more adult edge than Doctor Who, making it perfect for the post-watershed slot. She clearly enjoys playing the compassionate Gwen Cooper-----yes, Gwen is very compassionate--to Rhys in particular whom she claims to love.

I wont bother you all with any more of this drivel. It is becoming increasingly clear to me that RTD is not the only weird person involved with Torchwood---Eve is starting to really irritate me with the stuff she keeps spouting. To begin with I felt sorry for her having to play such a bitch but she doesn't even see just how revolting a lot of people found Gwen's behavior, which, in my humble opinion, shows that Eve herself is not exactly the sort of person I would like. If she thinks Gwen is compassionate and the nucleus of the team, and hasn't been misquoted, then she is either very stupid or just as unpleasant as Gwen. Personally I am now sick of Gwen and Eve.
If she is really lovely but just misguided I appologize to her, although she wont ever read this anyhow.

Comments

[love-jackianto.livejournal.com]

'It is becoming increasingly clear to me that RTD is not the only weird person involved with Torchwood---Eve is starting to really irritate me with the stuff she keeps spouting. To begin with I felt sorry for her having to play such a bitch but she doesn't even see just how revolting a lot of people found Gwen's behavior, which, in my humble opinion, shows that Eve herself is not exactly the sort of person I would like.' My thoughts exactly. What have never been able to understand is why no one involved with the show (RTD and Eve) can seem to see what a horrible character Gwen really is.

[likestowrite.livejournal.com]

I don't like Eve anyway, she seems to be a complete attention seeker, and the role was wrote for her so I'm not surprised she seems very much like Gwen.

I think they expected her to be the breakout "star" of T.Wood (what with JB & NM having established careers, no idea about BG) so everyone would forgive her character foibles. When its obvious that it is (will be) GDL who has made a better impression on viewers as he seems to be a genuinely nice decent person.
She does spout a load of crap, and now i really can't stand her. And its not like she's anything to write home about.

Eve as break out star.

[jennelldhalrbj.livejournal.com]

I hadn't thought of that, but now you have said it I agree with you. It seems to me that this will be very good for GDL and I liked him from the start. I also have a nephew called Gareth Jones. Don't laugh but his father {my sister Gisela's husband] is called Tom Jones.
Anyhow, I must admit I have a thing about people called Eve because that was the name of our daughter that died as a baby. I realize it is utterly ridiculous but the first thought I had when I knew her name was Eve was something along the lines of--why is she still here playing this hateful character and my own little Eve has been gone for nearly 6 years.
And more important WHY DIDN'T SHE GET HER TEETH FIXED?

Re: Eve as break out star...or so they like to think

[likestowrite.livejournal.com]

If its partially her teeth that are the problem I'd gladly knock a few out. She does have horse teeth though doesn't she.

Re: Eve as break out star...or so they like to think

[love-jackianto.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, save me a couple of teeth to knock out.

I never thought about how they thought she was going to be the break out star, that explains sooo much.

[dru_evilista]

I'm sorry but I still do NOT buy Gwen in charge. I mean? hello? She's the most useless one! She's the only one on the team not a genius (Owen, Tosh, Ianto, Jack all totally brilliant in their fields, Gwen? ...does she even do anything?!?), She's the newest member of the team, and to quote from Captain Jack Harkness "Ianto: You have no right! O: I'm second in command! I have every f---king right!" Owen is the SIC. Now admittedly he shot Jack in the head in the next ep, but Jack forgave him, then left.

And in the bits that have been leaked so far, Owen definitely looks in charge. I haven't seen GWEN giving any orders, only Owen.

You know what? Screw it. I have a long history with ignoring things shows do that I find retarded, so if when the show airs, it looks like the interviews are right? I'll just ignore it like I do many, many, many stupid things shows have done. I'll just shove Gwen under a bus or something in fanfic...(I actually do manage to make her not horrible, and give her stuff to do, in fic most of the time, but I'm going to start killing her if TPTB keep forcing her down my throat.)

[love-jackianto.livejournal.com]

'...to quote from Captain Jack Harkness "Ianto: You have no right! O: I'm second in command! I have every f---king right!" Owen is the SIC.' Yeah I noticed that too, but one of this shows problems is they tend to ignore things that happened in previous episodes if it doesn't work for the current episode. I still can't figure out how Ianto went from wanting Jack dead to sleeping with him in the course of four episodes, with no build up *what-so-ever*...huh??

[likestowrite.livejournal.com]

i think thats partly due to the fact they gave no definitive dates. Cyberwoman effectively spans a month, as on the BBC america site it says Ianto is suspended for 4 weeks, and the finale of the ep he's walking back in. They certainly should have made the time scale alot more efficient.

"they tend to ignore things that happened in previous episodes if it doesn't work for the current episode." Yes that infuriated me in the ep following TKKS the sole reason i watched it was for some Ianto/Jack interaction (not exactly in the smutty context) but something that showed the audience they were at least re-establishing trust.

[estarcollector.livejournal.com]

Okay, I just lost all sympathy for her. She's starting to sound loony.

At this point my consolation is that, from the other spoilers, she's going to look a complete fool.

Loony

[jennelldhalrbj.livejournal.com]

I love that word. Being somewhat stupid at the minute I had no idea what it meant although I had a good guess. Everyone except me is asleep here, so I looked it up and found it is Verrückter. Great.