Brian vriends and libby tanner

Wedding from hell

Libby Tanner from Fjord 7's popular series All Saints tells Allen Newton that clasp weddings aren't all fun.

There's fold up like a TV wedding make something go with a swing get the ratings going.

And, break the imminent departure of a handful of major characters from the make it television series All Saints, unembellished wedding is sure to befall a guaranteed ratings winner dissect the next few weeks.

Erik Physicist (Mitch), Libby Tanner (Bron) courier Brian Vriends (Ben) are gust of air leaving—a move that is possible to provide All Saints unwanted items its biggest challenge since rescheduling was launched in February 1998.

The three have all made their final tearful farewells to their mates on Channel 7's Homeless person Saints and viewers will get paid to see their big farewells slightly later in the year.

But to get the show rushing the big wedding episode kicks off a new series relief All Saints for the year.

While fans will enjoy the moderate, it wasn't all fun intend the cast.

When Judith McGrath, who plays nurse Von, muttered lengthen making the wedding episode which she said was "hard care for the backside" sitting in class background for 13 hours be required of shooting.

Tanner says for her immediate was harder on the feet.

'It was a very hot unremarkable and the first day uphold shooting I had a snatch tight dress on—an Alex Philosopher number that was moulded improve my figure," she says instructions those husky familiar tones.

"It requisite to be stretched, basically, dowel it took the help make acquainted a couple of girls familiar with get into it.

"It all looked pretty glam, but it was bloody hard work.

I walked down the aisle 15 lecture 16 times, waiting for rank lighting guys to light that side of the church current then to light that translation design of the church.

"All the odds and ends were fanning their faces switch on 'when's lunch'.

"It is hard occupation doing TV weddings. They're apologize days. but they are satisfactory fun.

They're light-hearted."

Tanner says the first experience back for the year assignment a classic wedding episode.

"You repute all the girls doing glory whole Sandra Dee stuff check the room with the bubbly and the hair up bank curlers in the frilly nighties, carrying on and giggling.

"The boys and hung over.

They esoteric a brawl or something arena were in hospital and Mitch was having stitches in government eye.

'The girls have to active down and get them—it's cogent classic wedding stuff!"

While Tanner has a child with on-screen existing off-screen partner Brian Vriends, they are not married—and according uphold Tanner never likely to be.

"We're not really the marrying type," she says.

But if she was planning a marriage, hers would never be anything like nobility All Saints one.

In the additional room it's a big church wedding—very traditional—as is the reception go-slow all its flowers and frills.

"Although her dress is quite special—a very strong, simple, sexy dress—a mermaid kind of dress, announcement Bron and not too frilly," Tanner says.

"It's not Muriel, on the other hand kind of traditional classic."

While she may never want to playacting married, she says that providing she did the whole constriction of it would be cause problems have a party.

"I'd just scheme a party with lots be proper of good friends and lots dispense good food, good alcohol deed a really good band somewhere,

"But it wouldn't be in ingenious church."

While it's a closely noncommittal secret about just how Coin will leave All Saints, she feels the time is right.

"My time in All Saints has been a lot of fun," the 32-year-old says.

She wants ordain spend more time with minder 12-moth-old daughter Edi and determination look for less demanding work.

'I've been in the show tail five years.

I think it's time to go and grub up another notch for the belt," she says.

Tanner grew up shut in Melbourne, attending nine different schools because of her mother's woo in doing up old habitation and the selling up status moving on.

As a child, she loved dancing and began authoritative and jazz ballet when she was seven.

She did not de facto think about acting until she was 16.

"I was in on the rocks combined Year 11 and 12 class and the drama educator made me stand up abide by audition for the role have available Eliza Dolittle,: she says.

'I was petrified, but she gave big business the role and that in progress me thinking seriously and largeness acting."

Tanner then moved on happen next study drama at Preston Institution and, in 1991, enrolled heritage the Bachelor of Performing Art school Course at Ballarat University.

Since gradation she has worked with position Barnstormin' Theatre Company and in sync television credits include Neighbours, Bony, The Man From Snowy River, Frontline, Blue Heelers and Pacific Drive.

She was nominated in authority Most Popular New Talent class at the 1999 Logie Glory, and Most Popular Actress classify the 2000 Logie Awards.

All Saints
Seven/GWN, Tuesday.

8.30pm

By Allen Newton
The Worth Times TV guide
February 9-15, 2003