Imelda Staunton and her daughter actor Bessie Carter reflect on playing a mother and daughter on stageCredit: BBC
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00:00It feels completely normal weirdly and it's weird that that is weird that it
00:05just feels normal and it's um it's you know it's a wonderful play a difficult
00:12play and so we've had sleepless nights and phone each other go oh god I don't
00:15know how to do it I don't know how to do it no I don't know how to do it but it's
00:18been it's been great and normal it does it feels like we've sort of done it
00:22before even though we never have so yeah we spoke to Kate Winslick about working
00:26with her daughter in the TV drama I am Ruth and she said it was almost like
00:31telepathic in a way that it wasn't with other actors have you found that yeah I
00:34think there is just a sort of we can do a look we can get it we have communicated a
00:39couple of times yes mid scene about something and we have understood what
00:43we've meant yeah I think there is a stern look a disapproved no no it kind of sorry
00:48about that yeah sorry I just did that