Why claire left mcleods daughters

The Kiwi actor, whose death scene as Claire McLeod remains one of the most memorable moments in Australian television history, is relishing the opportunity to bring to life a new character she believes will make viewers forget all about Claire.

She's very upfront. She tells it like it is. Michelle, the divorced mother of a grown-updaughter, Petra, is admitted to Shortland Street hospital suffering from mysterious flu-like symptoms. There, she encounters hospital head Dr Chris Warner Michael Galvin , who she recognises as a face from her past.

Posie : We'd been going for close to three years. We wanted to keep our core cast as long as we possibly could, and that pairing of Bridie and Lisa was absolutely wonderful. We started conversations with them all about renewing [their contracts], but Lisa said she wanted a new life.

God, did we take every step we thought we possibly could to get her to stay! She didn't want to stay. She didn't. She'd just had enough and I really understand.

Lisa : I said, "Look, I'm not coming back — Claire would never leave the property, so we have to kill her off. Posie : We then sat down in the story department and it was, "Well, what do we do?

Her nobility, her compassion, her guts — all those things got written into that scene. Lisa : We were filming Bridie's hospital stuff with the breast cancer scare and we saw that the make-up artist had the next script, which was my last episode. So we stole it, ran into a cupboard, read it, and we were like, "Ohhh!

Bridie : As much as it was incredibly tragic, we both looked at each other and went, "That's right — that's the only way she'd go. Lisa knew Claire would never leave the farm. Annette : We knew what was going to happen and were a bit concerned about the car going over the edge. We were thinking, "Oh, my goodness — where are the girls going to be? So the girls were very, very safe. We would like a reboot please. Image: Channel 9. Jessica Wang. Lifestyle Writer. Listen Now. It was quite surreal and disturbing.

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