8/10/2009

PETA TOPPANO ABOUT JUDE:

"When she arrived in The Tunnel for the first time, i thought 'we have a real mad one on our hands here, quite crazy'. And often unpredictable. She was into mime and puppetry. Jude was also a strongly opinionated feminist. She was absolutely hilarious; genuinely funny. Especially in character of that Noeline 'Numbskull'. We had a lot of scenes together. She was often onscreen bludging my cigarettes and a catch phrase amongst the Australian fans began; 'Give us your fags, Karen'. And of course there's that infamous line where I was to ask her how many sugars she took in her coffee to which she ad-libbed '12, I'm a bit of a diabetic'. I think the producers let that line stay. She was a fabulous actress and a true comedian, and also a good friend whilst I was on Prisoner."