The tone of the film was bleak, and Cassidy's own role was, as ever, a tragic one. Yet with her fragile beauty and lilting Irish brogue, she could easily find herself a role in a nice, slushy romantic comedy. Is she not tempted to go down a more cheerful path?
"Just lately, actually, I've thought it might be quite interesting to do a romantic comedy. Who knows? One day, hopefully I will."
In the meantime, next up is The Ghost Squad, a raw, fast-paced and powerful eight-part series about an elite group of officers who run covert investigations into potentially corrupt police officers. Once again, it marks a new direction for Cassidy. She did TV last year, with the BBC's production of Fingersmith as a mini-series, but this is an eight-part drama centred around her. Her character, Amy, appears in almost every scene.
"What she does is an almost impossible job. It must take its toll. There’s only certain people who are made for that kind of work. And Jesus Christ, I take my hat off to them, because there'd be no way that I could do it. I'd crumble within the first day, I think."
With filming completed on the series, Cassidy is taking a well-earned break, including a visit to her native Dublin for the Irish Film and TV Awards, where she's been nominated as Best Actress for her role in Fingersmith. Come January, though, it's back to work: she's going back to theatre, doing The Crucible in Stratford. It's a play about love, loss, cruelty and tragedy set against a background of paranoid terror during the Salem Witch Trials. Just another cheery project in the extraordinary career of Elaine Cassidy. Watch this space.
By Benjie Goodhart
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"Just lately, actually, I've thought it might be quite interesting to do a romantic comedy. Who knows? One day, hopefully I will."
In the meantime, next up is The Ghost Squad, a raw, fast-paced and powerful eight-part series about an elite group of officers who run covert investigations into potentially corrupt police officers. Once again, it marks a new direction for Cassidy. She did TV last year, with the BBC's production of Fingersmith as a mini-series, but this is an eight-part drama centred around her. Her character, Amy, appears in almost every scene.
"What she does is an almost impossible job. It must take its toll. There’s only certain people who are made for that kind of work. And Jesus Christ, I take my hat off to them, because there'd be no way that I could do it. I'd crumble within the first day, I think."
With filming completed on the series, Cassidy is taking a well-earned break, including a visit to her native Dublin for the Irish Film and TV Awards, where she's been nominated as Best Actress for her role in Fingersmith. Come January, though, it's back to work: she's going back to theatre, doing The Crucible in Stratford. It's a play about love, loss, cruelty and tragedy set against a background of paranoid terror during the Salem Witch Trials. Just another cheery project in the extraordinary career of Elaine Cassidy. Watch this space.
By Benjie Goodhart
< Back