It's just occurred to me what a great tutorial value these interviews have as well as fascinating behind the scenes stories, and must be really useful tools for those studying acting, theatre and drama.
I love this interview. I am convinced that Louise Siversen was the BEST actress in all of Prisoner. I love that Lou wasn't just a vicious character but she was hilarious. She carried the show through the worst time period. After Lexie joined the show it was almost unwatchable but Lou kept me hanging on.
I have to agree with you about Lou Kelly and how amazing was it to see the transition from when we first see Lou as just a background inmate to a full blown riot…did you enjoy the riot she held ? I think that was one of the best riots
@@TalkingPrisoner I'm on episode 570 of my 3rd watch... I don't think I have gotten to Lou's riot yet... but the best riot so far was Sandy Edwards... I wish she had been on the show longer (and I wish we knew what really happened -- was she out with the garbage or did she have the most successful escape? She was such a great character and the actress was wonderful (her interview was beautiful too). I love Louise's story about how she went from a background character to the best baddie in Wentworth... amazing they didn't know what a treasure they had in Louise Siversen. My favorite was episode 492 (Lou's day out) where she had Reb's mom hostage and she opened the door to the cops and put on her posh accent and looked like Carmen Sandiego... I think that's when I realized how brilliant Louise Siversen was... and her micro-expressions as Lou Kelly -- every time I re-watch the series I see how incredibly brilliant and amazing she is.
Thank you so much for this. She is an absolute delight of a woman. Lou Kelly will always be iconic and I'm glad she's still so grateful for her as are we all ❤️ x
Terrific interview guys. Louise has always struck me as an interesting lady and kept the show strong in its later years.It'd be great to have the actors deliver a line or two and also have them watch the odd key clip for a reaction.
Great interview! Lou Kelly was without doubt the best baddie on the show, she believed she was invincible, her riot is up there with the great fire in terms of best episodes and Louise played her perfectly. Great to hear all about her time on the show.
This is the third time Ive watched this episode with Louise and everytime I've heard it I've heard something different. Louise is a remarkable actress and human being and its wonderful seeing you boys interact with her, and looking like you're both having a blast. One thing which I think would be amazing would be to fill that bottom half of that screen with someone else, maybe reunite Lou and Lurch, that would be awesome hearing them remember together their time on the show.
This is a wonderful interview. 🙂 I can see how much you're enjoying it, Matt! Both yourself and Ken are doing such a fantastic job. And how great is Louise! 💙
I just loved this, pure Prisoner talk. I had the privilege of meeting Lou in the UK at a Prisoner convention a couple of years ago, very nice lady, still looks great and is nothing at all like Lou Kelly. On Present day British soaps, so many of the actors basically play themselves and talk and act exactly the same way when you meet them in person, not sure how you can call that acting...
I know exactly what you mean. It seems that the UK soap casting directors call in unknown young actors who just play themselves but in unusual situations. And they all seem to act in the exact same shouty and indignant way. These classic years of television drama where all our favourites really acted their socks off, need to be really treasured.
Christopher, UK. Thank you so much for these interviews. I'm loving listening to Louise reflect upon her time playing Lou... what an interesting and intelligent person. Excellent. Much appreciation.
Another great interview, gents! Louise comes across as a really down-to-earth, humble and engaging guest to interview, who has such depth. She brought so much to the character of Lou Kelly.
really interesting to hear Louise's take on Lou's mental state. she was a tragic character for sure.. sometime I did feel for her, but then that is the mark of a great actress, to be able to add nuance and create 3 dimensional characters. She reminds me quite a lot of Gates McFadden in her approach to her work. While there where many great actresses in the show I did feel that most of the more interesting characters where the bad guys, Reb, Lou, Kath, Bev ect...
I found Lou Kelly an absolute fascinating character. The loveable rogue. And I actually find Louise siverson an even more so fascinating person . There is just something about her . And very down to earth , she’s lovely. Another brilliant interview guys … who you got lined up for us next, would love Caroline gilmur, patsy king, Fiona spence . ❤️
Wowww, I can see now why Loo kelly was such a Believable Brilliantly portrayed Character Full of energy after seeing this. Amazingly sorted Driven personality called Louise Siversen Thanks all of you Totally opening my view of the world
Excellent interview as always 👌 What a beautiful person Louise is. You guys ask all the right questions and I love that Ken can share so much insight from behind the scenes. Can't wait for the next one. What's the chances of you interviewing Julia Blake? 😊 Max
Had to laugh when Louise talked humorously about the whole "queen" status of being on and operating "the press". She's right, at the end of the day they're just using an iron! Big wow! LOLs
Does anyone else remember the episode where Lou looked like she was about to hug Daphne after the guards tore up her plants? Or how she warned the nun not to let a man break her heart? The writers didn't give us the opportunity to see Lou's vulnerable side often
@@TalkingPrisoner I would have loved for us to see more of that side of Lou because it was so unexpected. When I watched the scene with Daphne for the first time I really thought Lou would whip out one of her sarcastic comments but then you see after she tries to cheer her up she starts to reach out to touch Daphne and is interrupted. I also wish we had seen more scenes with Sister Selby as they had some nice heart to hearts
@@PaulDoe79 The writers were very clever with the Anita Selby storyline, It really look for a moment that Lou would side with Anita, Did you think the same ?
@@TalkingPrisoner yes, which was great as it gave us time to see the relationship progress naturally. I remember when Lou slapped Anita and expected her to slap her back but she didn't. You could see Lou shaken by Anita's faith!
I remember that scene Daphne was so upset during a cell search when I it was Joan pulling the plants out the pots. Lou showed a little bit of sympathy towards Daphne.
Hey guys .I've been trying to catch up with all of your interviews. I've made this comment before : the lovely Louise Siverson looks prettier now than she did on prisoner. IMO. Love listening to her voice.
She really is a dedicated actress, still learning her trade nearly 40 years after the brilliant performance of Lou. My favourite three quotes of hers, the first is the story she was uncomfortable with, but seeing Nora after the miscarriage 'lost a bit of weight Flynn, been trying out that new diet'. The second Ken mentioned discussing Karen Travers 'she dripped enough syrup to give you Diabetes'. The third from one of her early speaking episodes, Cass said she was sick of her rude cracks, 'leave my privates out of this'.
The think i loved about both Maurie Fields and Trevor Kent, was even though Len and Frank were obviously pretty dark at times, for a lot of the time i saw their lighter stuff making them comedy characters.
Lou's character was not the usual TV baddie. She really displayed so many different attributes, and you could actually see her falling apart. She became so trapped by what she had done, and by what had happened to her during her final escape, that she became this unstoppable force. She was so fragile when she came back and you could see that the character didn't know what to do, especially after what she had done to Lurch's family. She couldn't allow herself to feel any real pity, but even then, even then, Louise performed Lou as a human and with the smallest degree of shame at what she did, and she wanted to tell Alice what happened and to explain, but how??? An amazing performance from start to finish. From petty crim to out of control murderer.
@@TalkingPrisoner Lou's Jason Voorhees/Leatherface fever dream was an amazing thing to watch, as an 80s horror fan, too. It really came from leftfield. I wish I could go back and watch the entire series without knowing all the twists and turns.
I did miss Lou Kelly when she left Wentworth Detention Centre in 1986 .Prisoner would have been grateful if Lou did go to Blackmore and then went back to Wentworth like Rebecca Keen and saw doctor Wireman and then got a parole .Roxana BEDER 58 in October NSW Maroubra
Really enjoyed this interview. One question would've liked you to have asked was how she went from being an extra to a main character, which didn't happen often (I can think of Lurch and Phyllis and Kath to name a few that did this). Also would've been interested on why her sudden exit via Lou's death off-camera.
Hey. How do we get to ask a question in advance to the interviews? I’m obsessed with Prisoner today as much as I was back in the 80’s as a teenager. Great interview!!
Lou Kelly is a prisoner legend!!! Love you Louise !!!❤
I loved where Lou escaped and got into Reb Keane's mum's house.
The way she changed her strong Aussie accent was immense.
What a joy to have her on board. TY so much for having this.
Thanks so much
Loved this interview and hearing Louise's stories. Matt is very easy on the eye too 😏
Matt is FIT. I know that is irrelevant but, yes, I agree!
The best their ever was and still is. Absolutely fantastic lady
Thanks so much
She has a lovely laugh, it was the same in prisoner. One of prisoners best villains also one of the prettiest women in the prison. Love her work.
Lovely interview! What a treat this program is to us diehard PCBH fans. Thank you so much!
It's just occurred to me what a great tutorial value these interviews have as well as fascinating behind the scenes stories, and must be really useful tools for those studying acting, theatre and drama.
How brilliant was this interview ? Wow,Louise Siversen one of Prisoner cell block H Best Actors ever.A lovely Lady.
Thanks Richard.
I love this interview. I am convinced that Louise Siversen was the BEST actress in all of Prisoner. I love that Lou wasn't just a vicious character but she was hilarious. She carried the show through the worst time period. After Lexie joined the show it was almost unwatchable but Lou kept me hanging on.
I have to agree with you about Lou Kelly and how amazing was it to see the transition from when we first see Lou as just a background inmate to a full blown riot…did you enjoy the riot she held ? I think that was one of the best riots
@@TalkingPrisoner I'm on episode 570 of my 3rd watch... I don't think I have gotten to Lou's riot yet... but the best riot so far was Sandy Edwards... I wish she had been on the show longer (and I wish we knew what really happened -- was she out with the garbage or did she have the most successful escape? She was such a great character and the actress was wonderful (her interview was beautiful too). I love Louise's story about how she went from a background character to the best baddie in Wentworth... amazing they didn't know what a treasure they had in Louise Siversen. My favorite was episode 492 (Lou's day out) where she had Reb's mom hostage and she opened the door to the cops and put on her posh accent and looked like Carmen Sandiego... I think that's when I realized how brilliant Louise Siversen was... and her micro-expressions as Lou Kelly -- every time I re-watch the series I see how incredibly brilliant and amazing she is.
Loved Lou Kelly, what a character. Great interview.
Thank you so much for this. She is an absolute delight of a woman. Lou Kelly will always be iconic and I'm glad she's still so grateful for her as are we all ❤️ x
Terrific interview guys. Louise has always struck me as an interesting lady and kept the show strong in its later years.It'd be great to have the actors deliver a line or two and also have them watch the odd key clip for a reaction.
This was amazing, wow. Love Louise Siversen, Lou Kelly was my all time fave prisoner baddie. Amazing actress, was gutted when she left the show.
Louise played a great baddie.
Great interview....enjoyed seeing actress who played Lou.
She looks well.
😀👍👍
Great interview! Lou Kelly was without doubt the best baddie on the show, she believed she was invincible, her riot is up there with the great fire in terms of best episodes and Louise played her perfectly. Great to hear all about her time on the show.
This is the third time Ive watched this episode with Louise and everytime I've heard it I've heard something different. Louise is a remarkable actress and human being and its wonderful seeing you boys interact with her, and looking like you're both having a blast. One thing which I think would be amazing would be to fill that bottom half of that screen with someone else, maybe reunite Lou and Lurch, that would be awesome hearing them remember together their time on the show.
This is a wonderful interview. 🙂 I can see how much you're enjoying it, Matt! Both yourself and Ken are doing such a fantastic job. And how great is Louise! 💙
Thank you my friend, You comment means a lot to Ken and I, Thank you so much. Louise is awesome
I just loved this, pure Prisoner talk. I had the privilege of meeting Lou in the UK at a Prisoner convention a couple of years ago, very nice lady, still looks great and is nothing at all like Lou Kelly. On Present day British soaps, so many of the actors basically play themselves and talk and act exactly the same way when you meet them in person, not sure how you can call that acting...
Thank you
I know exactly what you mean. It seems that the UK soap casting directors call in unknown young actors who just play themselves but in unusual situations. And they all seem to act in the exact same shouty and indignant way. These classic years of television drama where all our favourites really acted their socks off, need to be really treasured.
This was incredible!! The best prisoner character in my opinion!
Also love to see Louise actually has that “Lou Kelly Laugh” 😂
Christopher, UK. Thank you so much for these interviews. I'm loving listening to Louise reflect upon her time playing Lou... what an interesting and intelligent person. Excellent. Much appreciation.
Thanks Damon
Lou was one of my favourite characters, glad Louise mentioned playing her with humour as I always found Lou hilarious!
Lou was great
Excellent interview . What a lovely woman.
Thank you so much
Great interview, she's aged extremely slowly and is still very attractive.
Another great interview, gents! Louise comes across as a really down-to-earth, humble and engaging guest to interview, who has such depth. She brought so much to the character of Lou Kelly.
OMG, 😆 She’s still gorgeous ❤..
She makes you hate her guts as Lou Kelly, then she makes you love ❤️ her with her female humility. 🥰
Great interview. Loved Lou Kelly
Thank you
Lou was a great character in a great show thank you
Thank you
really interesting to hear Louise's take on Lou's mental state. she was a tragic character for sure.. sometime I did feel for her, but then that is the mark of a great actress, to be able to add nuance and create 3 dimensional characters. She reminds me quite a lot of Gates McFadden in her approach to her work. While there where many great actresses in the show I did feel that most of the more interesting characters where the bad guys, Reb, Lou, Kath, Bev ect...
It was fascinating to hear her take on Lou.
I found Lou Kelly an absolute fascinating character. The loveable rogue. And I actually find Louise siverson an even more so fascinating person . There is just something about her . And very down to earth , she’s lovely. Another brilliant interview guys … who you got lined up for us next, would love Caroline gilmur, patsy king, Fiona spence . ❤️
Wowww, I can see now why Loo kelly was such a Believable Brilliantly portrayed Character Full of energy after seeing this. Amazingly sorted Driven personality called Louise Siversen Thanks all of you Totally opening my view of the world
Wow that was an amazing interview, what an interesting lady. I loved Lou Kelly, the perfect villian and hilarious to boot ❤
Looking forward to this.. proper fantastic role she had 🎉
Excellent interview as always 👌 What a beautiful person Louise is. You guys ask all the right questions and I love that Ken can share so much insight from behind the scenes. Can't wait for the next one. What's the chances of you interviewing Julia Blake? 😊 Max
Thanks so much Max
Had to laugh when Louise talked humorously about the whole "queen" status of being on and operating "the press". She's right, at the end of the day they're just using an iron! Big wow! LOLs
Does anyone else remember the episode where Lou looked like she was about to hug Daphne after the guards tore up her plants? Or how she warned the nun not to let a man break her heart? The writers didn't give us the opportunity to see Lou's vulnerable side often
I remember the episode, what are your thoughts , do you think if they showed more of a soft side to Lou that it would show less of her tough side ?
@@TalkingPrisoner I would have loved for us to see more of that side of Lou because it was so unexpected. When I watched the scene with Daphne for the first time I really thought Lou would whip out one of her sarcastic comments but then you see after she tries to cheer her up she starts to reach out to touch Daphne and is interrupted. I also wish we had seen more scenes with Sister Selby as they had some nice heart to hearts
@@PaulDoe79 The writers were very clever with the Anita Selby storyline, It really look for a moment that Lou would side with Anita, Did you think the same ?
@@TalkingPrisoner yes, which was great as it gave us time to see the relationship progress naturally. I remember when Lou slapped Anita and expected her to slap her back but she didn't. You could see Lou shaken by Anita's faith!
I remember that scene Daphne was so upset during a cell search when I it was Joan pulling the plants out the pots. Lou showed a little bit of sympathy towards Daphne.
Just awesome … Louise & Lou ♥️♥️
Louise is not only a marvelous
Actress, but an obviously down to
Earth, wonderful person as well!
Great character
.i like to see her have better ending... great interview .thanks
One of the Best so Far
Keep em coming. More and interview the Mouse.
Thanks John
Louise is a great actress love her as Lou Kelly complex and very interesting
Always interesting to hear the actor behind the character. A different take 👍
Hey guys .I've been trying to catch up with all of your interviews. I've made this comment before : the lovely Louise Siverson looks prettier now than she did on prisoner. IMO. Love listening to her voice.
Louise is amazing.
She really is a dedicated actress, still learning her trade nearly 40 years after the brilliant performance of Lou.
My favourite three quotes of hers, the first is the story she was uncomfortable with, but seeing Nora after the miscarriage 'lost a bit of weight Flynn, been trying out that new diet'. The second Ken mentioned discussing Karen Travers 'she dripped enough syrup to give you Diabetes'. The third from one of her early speaking episodes, Cass said she was sick of her rude cracks, 'leave my privates out of this'.
The think i loved about both Maurie Fields and Trevor Kent, was even though Len and Frank were obviously pretty dark at times, for a lot of the time i saw their lighter stuff making them comedy characters.
In which episode does she play a nurse? I'm aware she plays shop assistant in 333, Tammy in 399 then Lou Kelly onwards
It was the episode when Lizzie was in hospital, I would have to go back and check
I think Lizzie was in hospital many times that's why I asked which episode lol
1:13:35 I think that fan is referring to the character Frank Burke.
Lou's character was not the usual TV baddie. She really displayed so many different attributes, and you could actually see her falling apart. She became so trapped by what she had done, and by what had happened to her during her final escape, that she became this unstoppable force. She was so fragile when she came back and you could see that the character didn't know what to do, especially after what she had done to Lurch's family. She couldn't allow herself to feel any real pity, but even then, even then, Louise performed Lou as a human and with the smallest degree of shame at what she did, and she wanted to tell Alice what happened and to explain, but how??? An amazing performance from start to finish. From petty crim to out of control murderer.
I love this comment, you are so right, she was so broken when she was sent back to Wentworth, not knowing what to do, such an amazing actress
@@TalkingPrisoner Lou's Jason Voorhees/Leatherface fever dream was an amazing thing to watch, as an 80s horror fan, too. It really came from leftfield. I wish I could go back and watch the entire series without knowing all the twists and turns.
I did miss Lou Kelly when she left Wentworth Detention Centre in 1986 .Prisoner would have been grateful if Lou did go to Blackmore and then went back to Wentworth like Rebecca Keen and saw doctor Wireman and then got a parole .Roxana BEDER 58 in October NSW Maroubra
Really enjoyed this interview. One question would've liked you to have asked was how she went from being an extra to a main character, which didn't happen often (I can think of Lurch and Phyllis and Kath to name a few that did this). Also would've been interested on why her sudden exit via Lou's death off-camera.
We have a Q and A with Louise next week on a special edition of Talking Prisoner, we can ask for you
Yes please. Thanks.
Hey. How do we get to ask a question in advance to the interviews? I’m obsessed with Prisoner today as much as I was back in the 80’s as a teenager. Great interview!!
If you go to our Facebook page Talking Prisoner and like the page, you will see the announcements for Fan questions so you can post them there :-)
@@TalkingPrisoner Thank you so much.
@@teralmiles Thank you.
Kath Maxwell was a good villain, but in a different way, don't get it twisted.
Must have been like an opium den in that green room 🚬🚬🚬