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Andy From Sligo

bassy wrote: »

none of ye giving out about hes hair now,some hypocrites on here.

maybe that ... or just being respectful of someone who has just passed away!

bassy

fin12 wrote: »

I don’t think there was anything wrong with thinking it was very funny when his hair was flopping all over the place after he was roughed up, at least it looked realistic. People might have went on about his hair but I don’t think anyone ever denied what a great actor he was.

I think hes hair was cool and a fresh of breath air from the normal boring haircuts where a lot look the same.it was a stand out for me cause it was cool and different miss you rob R.I.P

youwould

bassy wrote: »

none of ye giving out about hes hair now,some hypocrites on here.

Have a bit of respect and cop on. :rolleyes:

bassy

youwould wrote: »

Have a bit of respect and cop on. :rolleyes:

I,ve shown no disrespect at all,so cop yourself on...…………………………….

Shifty Shellshock

bassy wrote: »

I,ve shown no disrespect at all,so cop yourself on...…………………………….

You’re a bit of a $hit stirrer all the same

glenfieldman

bassy wrote: »

none of ye giving out about hes hair now,some hypocrites on here.

Leave it out, the guy has just passed, be a troll somewhere else

bassy

The numptys are out.

tuxy

Strazdas wrote: »

Listening to Ray D'Arcy and the contributors were saying he was well respected in the industry. He had done a lot of film and theatre work and was no mere 'soap actor'.

Batman Begins, you can see him here around 1:08

fin12

tuxy wrote: »

Batman Begins, you can see him here around 1:08

Hughey is in it too.

The White Wolf

Very sorry to hear this.....whenever I caught FC in recent years it was clear he was a cut above.

Was he still in the thick of the storylines?

threetrees

There's quite a difference between slagging off a character and we did plenty of that, calling him Greasy etc and slagging off an actor. Afair the actor has not been slagged off. In fact there's been concern for him over the last months and praise for his acting.

Daily mail are reporting he died in his sleep. How sudden is that? God help his family and may he RIP.

bassy

bassy wrote: »

none of ye giving out about hes hair now,some hypocrites on here.

Really stupid comment.
It’s pretty normal slagging off a “soap’s character “. This is the Fair City thread. It’s a soap. People were not slagging off Karl Shiels - difference !


I remember often giving out hell about the smell of cigarette smoke off my Dad , his clothes, and the way it made the skin on his fingers yellow. I remember my sisters and I not liking the way my mother coloured her hair too dark when she got older, it made her look severe (and she was !).
That doesn’t mean I wasn’t gutted , lost and heartbroken when they died

You can actually like and love a person yet not like their habits or even their hairstyle (as in poor Robbie’s case)!

You obviously don’t understand the difference .

branie2

fin12 wrote: »

Hughey is in it too.

And Barry O'Hanlon

And Karl appeared as a guest star in my one of my favourite medical dramas, Doctors.

Strazdas

The White Wolf wrote: »

Very sorry to hear this.....whenever I caught FC in recent years it was clear he was a cut above.

Was he still in the thick of the storylines?

He was indeed. We've seen a fair bit of him this year and he was in Sunday night's episode.

SEPT 23 1989

Karl had that lived in look like all good actors artists and musicians

He suffered for his art

Wanderer2010

Very sad news indeed. I always thought Karl was a great actor and indeed too good for FC. My deepest condolences go to his family and friends.

The White Wolf

Strazdas wrote: »

He was indeed. We've seen a fair bit of him this year and he was in Sunday night's episode.

Best of luck to the writers in that case.

RobertKK

The feminazis...

threetrees

It's hard watching Robbie tonight.

SEPT 23 1989

I thought a picture of him at the end would have been more appropriate than the announcer talking over the credits

Fast Twitch

Surreal watching a man act who has just passed away. I actually thought Karl looked reasonably well in tonight's episoded compared to some other recent ones.

RIP.

MsWesterosi

Haven't posted on here in a while because I'd stopped watching FC, as there was nothing to really hold my interest.

Recently, I watched a few episodes, and was actually genuinely looking forward to learning more about Nora and Robbie's backstories and was hoping for an expansion on that storyline that would give us more of an in-depth insight into Robbie's childhood.

Heard the sad news that Karl Shiels passed away (R.I.P). By all accounts he seemed like a really decent guy.

Hope you're all keeping well, folks.

MsWesterosi

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I thought a picture of him at the end would have been more appropriate than the announcer talking over the credits

Yeah, thought the same. It would have been more fitting, IMO, if ,after the credits rolled they displayed a picture of him, along with something in text to the effect of: ''Dedicated to the memory of'' or simply ''in memory of.''

Sparko

Very sad seeing Robbie on screen.

Brendan is making a mockery of the justice system with how easily he makes his journeys home!

branie2

Fiona is an evil snob.

Fast Twitch

MsWesterosi wrote: »

Yeah, thought the same. It would have been more fitting, IMO, if ,after the credits rolled they displayed a picture of him, along with something in text to the effect of: ''Dedicated to the memory of'' or simply ''in memory of.''

Maybe they'll do that after the final episode he appears in?

MsWesterosi

branie2 wrote: »

Fiona is an evil snob.

I've missed quite a lot of it, but from what I've seen, Fiona and Paul haven't even been together a wet week, and she has the feet planted - probably glued - well under the table in that short space of time.

What the heck is her deal anyway? She seems to be going out of her way to antagonise everyone in Carrigstown for no good reason at all. And Paul is some eejit to put up with her.

Shifty Shellshock

Sparko wrote: »

Very sad seeing Robbie on screen.

Brendan is making a mockery of the justice system with how easily he makes his journeys home!

But he is a master of disguise with his Santa beard!

Niall_76

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I thought a picture of him at the end would have been more appropriate than the announcer talking over the credits

No talking over the credits on rte player international

jhegarty

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I thought a picture of him at the end would have been more appropriate than the announcer talking over the credits

That couldn't even turn the music off

gubby

The fact that people here are going on about Fiona and how much they hate her surely means she is a dammed good actress. and how many times have I seen people complaining about Robbie (to be fair I did myself... but to myself) and now all I see on social media is what a brilliant actor he was and how he was the favourite!!

tk123

My mam yesterday - 'poor auld Hughie - he's looking more and more like that fella in the Simpsons behind the bar' .... ie MOE :pac:

LordBasil

tk123 wrote: »

My mam yesterday - 'poor auld Hughie - he's looking more and more like that fella in the Simpsons behind the bar' .... ie MOE :pac:

Oh God!! PMSL Yeah he's like a real life Moe! I knew he reminded me of someone

branie2

At least he's not subjected to prank phone calls, like Moe is

gwalk

branie2 wrote: »

At least he's not subjected to prank phone calls, like Moe is

not yet... Heather might start them soon haha

Sparko

gubby wrote: »

The fact that people here are going on about Fiona and how much they hate her surely means she is a dammed good actress. and how many times have I seen people complaining about Robbie (to be fair I did myself... but to myself) and now all I see on social media is what a brilliant actor he was and how he was the favourite!!

I think she is actually very entertaining, such a stirrer. Playing the role very well in my opinion.

paleoperson

He didn't seem that healthy to me for the past few years - there was something about how he carried himself and while he was never that fat, the weight he did have he didn't seem to hold very well.

Sources said Ryan died in his sleep after nodding off on the Irish soap Fair City during shoots.

That sounds very strange. A 47 year old man dying suddenly, if it did happen to be drugs then I think people should be made aware of it.

branie2

gwalk wrote: »

not yet... Heather might start them soon haha[/QUOT

wait till Brendan gets the phone bill in Brazil; it will be huge!

MsWesterosi

gubby wrote: »

The fact that people here are going on about Fiona and how much they hate her surely means she is a dammed good actress. and how many times have I seen people complaining about Robbie (to be fair I did myself... but to myself) and now all I see on social media is what a brilliant actor he was and how he was the favourite!!

The actress is good, but the writing on FC has always been a bit panto. I think it's the daft scenarios that most people - but I can only really speak for myself - take the mick out of. I've seen quite a few of the FC actors in other productions and their acting cannot be faulted.

I've always taken the p*** out of the storylines and the characters (never the actors themselves), because of how it plays out on screen - which is down to bad writing as opposed to bad acting. After all, the actors can only do the best they can with substandard amateurish scripts, and the fact that they can actually pull it off is testament to their abilities. I know I couldn't do it, especially if I had to act out some of the more far fetched OTT storylines they've had in the past few years.

jos28

Nice words from Aisling O'Neill

http://shr.gs/2TAj8Jk

MsWesterosi

I'm probably going mad; but are they gearing up for a Dearbhla/Eoin romance????

freshpopcorn

MsWesterosi wrote: »

I'm probably going mad; but are they gearing up for a Dearbhla/Eoin romance????

Well if she has the Ram's DNA there's a chance!

GoneHome

Looking at Robbie (Karl) on tonight's episode he looks extremely unwell and seems to be constantly hunched over even when sitting down,

Sandor Clegane

It's sad looking at Robbie, he looks very hunched over. He was always a bit but is it just me or is it a lot more severe in the last few episodes?

martyoo

GoneHome wrote: »

Looking at Robbie (Karl) on tonight's episode he looks extremely unwell and seems to be constantly hunched over even when sitting down,

Seen a clip of him earlier and thought the same. Looked in pain.

donkeykong5

martyoo wrote: »

GoneHome wrote: »

Looking at Robbie (Karl) on tonight's episode he looks extremely unwell and seems to be constantly hunched over even when sitting down,

Seen a clip of him earlier and thought the same. Looked in pain.

Poor thing.

glenfieldman

martyoo wrote: »

Seen a clip of him earlier and thought the same. Looked in pain.

This is why I cannot understand that the producers would continue with Robbies character if he looked so awkward on set.
Tonight's episode you could hardly see his face in most scenes
The producers are completely ignorant or just dont care for their staff

freshpopcorn

I think they are almost trying to make Fiona into there Kim Tate!

monkey9

glenfieldman wrote: »

This is why I cannot understand that the producers would continue with Robbies character if he looked so awkward on set.
Tonight's episode you could hardly see his face in most scenes
The producers are completely ignorant or just dont care for their staff

I think that's unfair. Yeah, his posture has been poor for a long while and he has looked unwell to the extent that it was noticeable. But it didn't affect his acting or his contributions to the show and i'm sure he wanted to be there onset and continue working.

He clearly had health issues which i'm assuming was his own business and probaby kept things to himself, so why should he not work if it was what he wanted to do.

Also, who's to say he didn't confide with the producers and bosses to let them know of health issues and they decided to work around/with them as it was desired by both parties.

Everything's easier to see in hindsight.

Always number 1

MsWesterosi wrote: »

I'm probably going mad; but are they gearing up for a Dearbhla/Eoin romance????

I thought that too.. she might have Daddy issues..