Talking Prisoner Cell Block H Episode 38 Interview with Terrie Waddell (Lisa Mullins)

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Welcome to Episode 38 of Talking Prisoner. Hosts Ken Mulholland and Matt Batten sat down with Terrie Waddell who played inmate Lisa Mullins. Terri was in the final year of Prisoner and in the very last episode 692. Terrie has also appeared in Neighbours, A Country Practice, A Cry in the Dark, Golden Braid, Wedlocked, The Dame was loaded and Prisoner. We discussed Terries life growing up as a child and where her love for acting came from. Terrie told us about her time on Neighbours and her thoughts on the recent axing of the show. Terrie shared with us why she left acting and to become a Professor in the Department of Creative Arts and English, she shared with us her passion for writing and writing the book “The Lost Child Complex in Australian Film. We discussed Prisoner in great depth and what it was like for Terri to take over the character of Lisa Mullins from Nikki Paul and how she felt about getting the part and how quick it all happened. Terri had many scenes with Rosanne Hull-Brown who played Merle Jones and discussed with us what it was like working with Rosanne and working with Philip Hyde who played Officer Rodney Adams and gave us some behind the scenes on the attempted Rape scene with Peter Lindsay who played Spud. Terrie shared her memories of what it was like to work on Prisoner in its final year and how heavy the workload was with the long hours, We also asked Terrie if the show was to continue would she have like to have continued on longer as Lisa Mullins. Terrie had some scenes with the late Taya Stratton and shared her memories about Taya who played Spider Simpson. There has been lots of speculation and Rumours over the years that Terrie was pregnant when she was on Prisoner and Terri confirms with Ken and Matt the true story on Talking Prisoner. We also spoke about her memories on the last day of Prisoner working on Episode 692 and her scenes with Glenda Linscott, Terrie is a huge fan of Wentworth and shares her thoughts about the re-imagining of Prisoner, We spoke about so much more, Terrie was able to answer all fan questions. Please like and subscribe to our YouTube channel
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