Call The Midwife filming thrown into chaos and abandoned after director is ‘blinded’ on BBC set
CALL The Midwife filming was thrown into chaos and abandoned after the director was 'blinded' on the BBC set.
The hit BBC period drama has returned for its thirteenth series earlier this month, much to fans' delight.
However, filming for the series was thrown into chaos at one point when the cast and crew relocated to the seaside for the fifth episode.
Georgie Glen, who plays Miss Higgins said: "It wasn’t just a grey day, it was terrible! The sand in the eyes, that was the worst."
Natalie Quarry, who joined Call the Midwife at the beginning of this series as trainee midwife Rosalind Clifford, added: "The director got an eye infection!
Stephen McGann, who plays Dr Patrick Turner, explained a bit more about what caused the problems.
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He said: "The director was blinded by the sand, and the hair, the poor hair and make up people... because everybody’s hairdo had just… with the salt and the wind and the sand.
"It just looked terrible and we were all cowering. It was a challenge, but it was also hilarious in its way. And we all got to go away for a few days, that was sweet."
However, the far from ideal conditions while on location meant the cast had to redo some shots once back on their normal set.
Rebecca Gethings, who plays Sister Veronica, said: "We reconstructed the beach hut back at Nonnatus just to catch that moment because we were cheersing with ice creams but on the day it was so blustery we had to redo it."
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