Is Helen Flanagan (Rosie Webster)a good actress?

Ann22 · 18-01-2010 11:14pm #1

I think she's woeful. Her facial expressions are so pantomime and exaggerated. A good actor can emotion with their eyes..She has to contort her face into exaggerated expressions to show feelings.

kittex · 19-01-2010 3:19am

Ann22 wrote: »

I think she's woeful. Her facial expressions are so pantomime and exaggerated.
A good actor can emotion with their eyes..She has to contort her face into exaggerated expressions to show feelings.

Perhaps because she's playing a spoiled, tantrum throwing, drama queen style brat?

Those facial expressions and her body language, match her character's personality very well.

Laois_Man · 19-01-2010 3:59pm

I agree with Ann

I think she's an awful actress!

Oliverdog · 19-01-2010 11:22pm

She's not an actress. Like a lot of others in Corrie, she's playing herself - it's just because she's the most one-dimensional of them all that she stands out.

mink_man · 19-01-2010 11:24pm

shes doin the job!

RVD420 · 20-01-2010 12:46pm

She is savage.

Deise Tom · 22-01-2010 10:14pm

Dont know if she is a good actress. I dont watch her acting ability if i am honest.

storybud1 · 31-01-2010 4:47pm

she is so bad...even schmichael is better than her...the kid who plays simon is very good

Posy · 02-02-2010 1:31am

I can't tell if she's poorly acted or poorly written. drama queen strops seem to be all she can do. As for the character going on about a boob job while her mother (recovering from surgery) is having radiotherapy for breast cancer.. I find it hard to believe that anyone could be that self centered and tactless. She's just horrible.

iguana · 05-02-2010 9:58pm

She's pretty damn bad, but Sophie and David are much worse. However her ex Craig was played by a great actor.

J.S. Pill · 05-02-2010 11:35pm

iguana wrote: »

She's pretty damn bad, but Sophie and David are much worse. However her ex Craig was played by a great actor.

I'd say whoever plays David is a pretty damn good actor (unless he's just playing himself, in which case I'd be worried for him).

Max Headroom · 06-02-2010 8:13pm

Sorry i cant comment on her facial expressions...i never look up there.....:eek::D

Oliverdog · 19-02-2010 11:31pm

Those of you pondering this issue should tune in next week and see the return of Liverpool actress Margi Clarke hamming it up as Tyrone's mother. She makes Helen Flanagan look like Dame Helen Mirren.

Snoopy1 · 20-02-2010 9:01am

I cannot stand her. All the pouting she does.
She is an awful actress

uvox · 07-03-2010 1:14am

She has her charms...:)

Deise Tom · 07-03-2010 11:59am

uvox wrote: »

She has her charms...:)

Can think of a couple of them without taxing the brain.

Oliverdog · 08-03-2010 7:26pm

Yep. Fine actresses.

Epicurus · 08-03-2010 7:28pm

They should pair her up with Graeme. I know she'd consider him beneath her but i think he'd be good for her.

Fighting Irish · 08-03-2010 7:40pm

tits like whoa

iguana · 08-03-2010 7:46pm

I think that the problem with Flanagan has much more to do with the stupid storylines she is given and the way the direction has gone. She's turned from a normal, slightly rebellious teenager to a stupid, selfish moron. Rosie is nothing like the goth-girl who used to date Craig. I think the producers decided to make her take Tracey's place as the street's bitch and I don't think it works at all.

fitch34 · 22-04-2010 8:54pm

I think she is useless, sophie is much better than her!

JP Liz V1 · 23-04-2010 10:25am

No she cant act so she fits right in Corrie

greenie · 24-04-2010 12:09am

storybud1 wrote: »

she is so bad...even schmichael is better than her...the kid who plays simon is very good

That Simon kid is a brilliant little actor...he's adorable:)

I don't think Rosie is great..it could be down to the storylines or maybe the accent she uses (oops if it's her own:o) but I'm not sure...I can't actually pinpoint where I think she goes wrong but the overall performance just doesn't work for me. I can't see there being that many roles for her after Corrie!

Posy · 24-04-2010 1:09am

greenie wrote: »

That Simon kid is a brilliant little actor...he's adorable:)

The bit after he had come home from running away, takes a big gulp of chocolate milk, wipes his mouth and goes "ah, I needed that!" was very funny.

I can't really tell if Rosie is a bad actress or just an annoying one-dimensional character. It's hard to differentiate.

Oliverdog · 24-04-2010 1:55pm

greenie wrote: »

That Simon kid is a brilliant little actor...he's adorable:)

I don't think Rosie is great..it could be down to the storylines or maybe the accent she uses (oops if it's her own:o) but I'm not sure...I can't actually pinpoint where I think she goes wrong but the overall performance just doesn't work for me. I can't see there being that many roles for her after Corrie!

I saw the 'Webster Family' on one of those quiz shows a while ago. It's Rosie's own accent all right, and the same goes for Kevin, Sally and Sophie.
No prizes for guessing that Helen's score on the quiz nicely reflected the intelligence she displays in her on-screen role.

Goldenquick · 24-04-2010 1:59pm

She's awful, I can act better meself when I'm telling porkies to my kids.

KnocKnocKnock · 24-04-2010 3:48pm

I quite like her as an actress I'm always entertained by her roles/storylines and I think she has showed a bit of "range" by playing the pop princess wannabe preteen to the serious goth girl to the slutty bitch character she is at the moment