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This page was last updated on 3rd June 2007. Page launched on 3rd June 2007. Site launched on 24th January 2004.
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INTERVIEWS & ARTICLES
Smashing End by Jackie Brygel TV Week, Australia, 2nd June 2007
Charlotte and Boyd flee the authorities but end up in a massive car wreck
One of Ramsay Street's most evil characters ever, the murderous Charlotte Stone, makes a dramatic dash for freedom this week. And the fraudulent doctor's young lover Boyd is by her side as she does a runner from the authorities! "Charlotte has painted herself into a corner," says Rachel Gordon, who plays the manipulator. "She thinks she has no alternative at that point because she's got herself in so deep. She's starting to unravel - she's become a really desperate woman." But just when it appears that Charlotte will manage to escape the long arm of the law, she and Boyd (Kyal Marsh) are involved in a major car accident! In nail-biting scenes of Neighbours, Boyd is injured in the crash - after secretly capturing a conversation with Charlotte on his MP3 player in which she confesses to the murder of her lover and partner-in-crime, Terrence (Scott Johnson). "It was looking as though Boyd was trying to run away with Charlotte to make a fresh start with her, but it turned out he had other motives," Rachel says. "He was actually trying to bring about Charlotte's undoing, so he really had good intentions. Charlotte obviously did use Boyd, but I don't think she really knows the difference between using someone and starting to fall in love with them. She did have genuine affection for Boyd, but if he was going to come between her and what she needed to do, then he would have been disposable as well."
Although Charlotte is captured, she still has one more card up her sleeve: she tells police that Boyd kidnapped her and forced her into the scam to work alongside him and Terrence! "Charlotte acts very innocent. She tries to play the damsel in distress and she does that very well," Rachel says. "She makes out that she was just doing what she had to do." Boyd is clearly in serious strife when Charlotte spins this latest incriminating story as she's led off to jail. Is this the last we'll see of Charlotte? Rachel says there's always a possibility we'll see her back in Ramsay Street one day. "I would be more than open to that kind of thing," she says. "Who knows what the future holds?" For now, the big question is: what does the future hold for Boyd?
Being the baddie Rachel Gordon was already well known to viewers for her role as kind-hearted detective Amy Fox in Blue Heelers, but she has thoroughly enjoyed playing a baddie in Neighbours. "After working on Heelers for two years, playing a cop who was always on the morally right side of things, it was great to play someone who had much more of a chequered past," she laughs. What sort of response has Rachel experienced from the public to her latest role? "A lot of shaking heads and, 'You bad, bad woman!' That's always great," she replies. "But the reaction's been really positive. Even though she's a baddie, people have quite enjoyed Charlotte. People like seeing someone getting up to mischief. You need an unsettling influence to keep them on their toes."
Free at last After agreeing to plead guilty and face a possible 25 years behind bars for a crime she didn't commit, Sky's nightmare finally comes to an end this week when she's released from jail. Justice is served when phoney doctor Charlotte is arrested. "There are no words for how Sky is feeling when she's released from prison," reveals Stephanie McIntosh, who plays the young single mother. "It's just too good to be true - and she's got her daughter back." That said, Steph believes her alter ego never really gave up hope that this day would come. "She believed getting out of jail was something that was always going to happen," Steph explains. "She got her memory back and was adamant she would be released. She didn't think it could be any other way, knowing she was innocent." Will Sky, who has been through so much over the past 12 months, finally be able to start her life over? Steph believes so. "I think it will be a new life for her now. She'll hopefully be able to put everything that's happened behind her. She'll keep her chin up," Steph says. "Sky's been a bit cursed until now - bad luck after bad luck. But she remains positive and it's that attitude that gets her through. Things will turn the corner for her now."
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