Dec 26 2008
An Actor’s Blog At Christmas Time
Christmas time is a time where you eat, drink and be merry. Tonight I will be putting my feet up and trying to relax a little whilst watching Connie Fisher in her drama called a , “Caught In A Trap” true story about a council worker who takes thousands of pounds in coins from car parking ticket machines and spends it on her Elvis Presley obsession. Sound of Music star Connie Fisher stars in it with a cast of karaoke stars. Connie Fisher who is well known for her singing voice has a scene where she sings an Elvis karaoke track. The character that Connie Fisher plays is obsessed with Elvis Presley. Everything in her life revolves around him, she would do anything and go to any lengths for Elvis.
This is a true story with good acting from start to finish. Connie Fisher plays a very convincing fan that you end up feeling sorry for. She actually has quite a good gift for acting and surprised me whilst watching her. In other areas of performing I have always found her very flat and dull. When she has ever presented anything I have never seen a personality. When I watched her presenting The National Lottery one time I wondered how she was given that job because she was just flat and then a few weeks ago at the Royal Variety Show she was also flat. However I was quite impressed with her performance in, “Caught In A Trap”. It was a good drama that was sad at times and also made you realise how far an obsession can go. All the actors were very realistic and I enjoyed watching it.
