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Sarah-Jane, tell us a bit about your Casualty character…
She’s Stacey’s girlfriend Ellie – they’re engaged, about to get married and they have a child together – Joey, who’s seven or eight.
When they were all teenagers, Ellie went out with Abs, so there’s a whole can of worms there.
Ellie and Stacey have come back into Abs’s life and it’s complicated, to say the least.
You’re a mum both on and off-screen, aren’t you?
Yes, my own boy is Buster, who’s four.
And in Casualty, my son Joey is played by a very cheeky lad who’s also called Joe! I love playing a mum on screen.
I think the maternal instincts come out very naturally when you do actually have a child. Buster hasn’t met Joe and that’s probably not a good idea.
Can you imagine? ‘This is my other son!’ I think Buster is a bit too young.
Does Buster understand what Mummy does for a living?
Buster thinks everybody he knows is on telly.
My brother Andrew Lee Potts is an actor – he goes out with Hannah Spearritt and they both star in Primeval.
So Buster thinks that’s what you do when you grow up.
I’m trying to tell him: ‘Actually no, darling, there are a lot of things you can do when you’re a grown up.’
He doesn’t watch Casualty but he does watch Primeval, and I don’t know which is worse – dinosaurs chewing people’s heads off or operations!
Sugar Rush was a real cult show – did it bring you a lot of recognition?
Much more than I ever anticipated. It still does now.
I played Saint, who was the main character’s first real girlfriend. She was just so cool.
She had style, she was that person who everybody wants to be at school When I went to my first audition, I thought, I don’t get it, I’m the person who trips over nothing, and I’m a bit of geek, and I don’t know why you think I can do this convincingly!
She owned a women’s-only sex shop in Brighton and she was a DJ. If I was a lesbian, I’d be that lesbian. She was a luscious lesbian.
She had a ridiculously enviable social life, even just as a character.
How did you find filming those sex scenes?
You’re always apprehensive that your co-star is going to be uncomfortable.
You’re more apprehensive of that than being comfortable yourself.
Especially because Olivia Hallinan, the star of the series, was only 20.
kind of felt like I didn’t want her to do anything that she wasn’t comfortable with, because I didn’t really give a s**t.
I’d pushed a baby out so I was like, this is nothing!
There was a lot of nudity, and some dildo scenes! Not that we were using them.
But I would go: ‘This is my gift to you,’ and she would be horrified!
Did you receive a lot of fan mail from lesbians who watched the show?
I still do.
If I was a lesbian, I’d be spoilt for choice!
I can’t go to Brighton, where we filmed Sugar Rush, very often because I get recognised.
Of course it’s a compliment when a lesbian thinks you’re gay, because it means you’ve done your job well.
It is quite funny, when they go: ‘Oh, you’re not gay!’ and they look so disappointed.
Sarah-Jane, do you have a boyfriend?
I’m not telling you! I try not to talk about my personal life. The only thing I do talk about is that I have a son. And I have been a single mother!
It’s obviously early days, but how would you feel if Buster showed signs of interest in following in your footsteps?
God forbid! He loves getting laughs.
He knows when he’s done something that makes people laugh and then he’s on a roll. I just think, can’t he be a chef or a writer or an astronaut?
I asked him the other day what he wanted to be, and he said: ‘A unicorn!’ So that’s where we’re at just now.
Have you ever worked with your brother Andrew on anything?
We did a Dalziel And Pascoe episode together, playing twins who went around murdering people.
We’re not twins. It’s on the Internet that we are twins, apparently. He’s three years younger than me. And I like being the older one!
She’s Stacey’s girlfriend Ellie – they’re engaged, about to get married and they have a child together – Joey, who’s seven or eight.
When they were all teenagers, Ellie went out with Abs, so there’s a whole can of worms there.
Ellie and Stacey have come back into Abs’s life and it’s complicated, to say the least.
You’re a mum both on and off-screen, aren’t you?
Yes, my own boy is Buster, who’s four.
And in Casualty, my son Joey is played by a very cheeky lad who’s also called Joe! I love playing a mum on screen.
I think the maternal instincts come out very naturally when you do actually have a child. Buster hasn’t met Joe and that’s probably not a good idea.
Can you imagine? ‘This is my other son!’ I think Buster is a bit too young.
Does Buster understand what Mummy does for a living?
Buster thinks everybody he knows is on telly.
My brother Andrew Lee Potts is an actor – he goes out with Hannah Spearritt and they both star in Primeval.
So Buster thinks that’s what you do when you grow up.
I’m trying to tell him: ‘Actually no, darling, there are a lot of things you can do when you’re a grown up.’
He doesn’t watch Casualty but he does watch Primeval, and I don’t know which is worse – dinosaurs chewing people’s heads off or operations!
Sugar Rush was a real cult show – did it bring you a lot of recognition?
Much more than I ever anticipated. It still does now.
I played Saint, who was the main character’s first real girlfriend. She was just so cool.
She had style, she was that person who everybody wants to be at school When I went to my first audition, I thought, I don’t get it, I’m the person who trips over nothing, and I’m a bit of geek, and I don’t know why you think I can do this convincingly!
She owned a women’s-only sex shop in Brighton and she was a DJ. If I was a lesbian, I’d be that lesbian. She was a luscious lesbian.
She had a ridiculously enviable social life, even just as a character.
How did you find filming those sex scenes?
You’re always apprehensive that your co-star is going to be uncomfortable.
You’re more apprehensive of that than being comfortable yourself.
Especially because Olivia Hallinan, the star of the series, was only 20.
kind of felt like I didn’t want her to do anything that she wasn’t comfortable with, because I didn’t really give a s**t.
I’d pushed a baby out so I was like, this is nothing!
There was a lot of nudity, and some dildo scenes! Not that we were using them.
But I would go: ‘This is my gift to you,’ and she would be horrified!
Did you receive a lot of fan mail from lesbians who watched the show?
I still do.
If I was a lesbian, I’d be spoilt for choice!
I can’t go to Brighton, where we filmed Sugar Rush, very often because I get recognised.
Of course it’s a compliment when a lesbian thinks you’re gay, because it means you’ve done your job well.
It is quite funny, when they go: ‘Oh, you’re not gay!’ and they look so disappointed.
Sarah-Jane, do you have a boyfriend?
I’m not telling you! I try not to talk about my personal life. The only thing I do talk about is that I have a son. And I have been a single mother!
It’s obviously early days, but how would you feel if Buster showed signs of interest in following in your footsteps?
God forbid! He loves getting laughs.
He knows when he’s done something that makes people laugh and then he’s on a roll. I just think, can’t he be a chef or a writer or an astronaut?
I asked him the other day what he wanted to be, and he said: ‘A unicorn!’ So that’s where we’re at just now.
Have you ever worked with your brother Andrew on anything?
We did a Dalziel And Pascoe episode together, playing twins who went around murdering people.
We’re not twins. It’s on the Internet that we are twins, apparently. He’s three years younger than me. And I like being the older one!
