tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post2245134538034243309..comments2024-03-28T14:22:54.579+00:00Comments on Coronation Street Blog: Comedy Callum and his finger of doomGlenda Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03366238040782331941noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-78583595000485600602015-05-07T01:51:53.116+01:002015-05-07T01:51:53.116+01:00Callum strikes me as a guy who grew up with privil...Callum strikes me as a guy who grew up with privilege. It's as if he's dealing drugs because he's too bored to go to Uni. I can totally imagine Kylie falling for the rich kid/bad boy. I also think it's what intimidates David. Callum is like the aristocrat in Jane Austen novels who swans in at opportune moments to upset the party, just because he can. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-24639179488400118392015-05-07T01:10:52.873+01:002015-05-07T01:10:52.873+01:00Hard to believe Kylie fell for this guy. She would...Hard to believe Kylie fell for this guy. She would have seen right through him, eaten him up and spit him out.<br /><br />Remember when Kylie first returned to the Estate? Someone harassing Gemma stopped immediately and ran away, simply because Gemma let him know Kylie was Callum's ex. Seems laughable now...should be the other way around - Callum telling people, "Do you know who I am? ILaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008737723977626982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-82208761777720645722015-05-06T23:09:57.756+01:002015-05-06T23:09:57.756+01:00blame the director...and the writers for coming up...blame the director...and the writers for coming up with this drivel. Druggie and dealer..sure..and goes and works out in his spare time. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-15889008096391814152015-05-06T22:42:31.992+01:002015-05-06T22:42:31.992+01:00I imagined Nick just out of the shot, shaking his ...I imagined Nick just out of the shot, shaking his head and laughing at the finger of doom, then swatting it away with a fishstick.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-65354366028050181262015-05-06T15:47:20.210+01:002015-05-06T15:47:20.210+01:00Like everyone else, the actor playing Callum has h...Like everyone else, the actor playing Callum has had his struggles:<br /><br />His acting career began when, as a twelve-year old, he persuaded his mother to take him to an open audition held at Manchester Airport in 2003 for a film named Cheeky and followed this up soon afterwards with the television series Island at War. He became a full-time actor in 2007 and appeared in The Bill, The Royal, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-11972818423846006282015-05-06T14:48:30.860+01:002015-05-06T14:48:30.860+01:00Miscast, embarrassing, I cannot bear the character...Miscast, embarrassing, I cannot bear the character. Surely the actor must feel he is not playing into the role. Wooden as a garden post.Abercrombienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-9244816859427638792015-05-05T23:26:36.882+01:002015-05-05T23:26:36.882+01:00And why did Nick let Callum take his phone away fr...And why did Nick let Callum take his phone away from him and stand there cowering like a scared kid? He's bigger than Callum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-9197549570563900842015-05-05T20:06:02.706+01:002015-05-05T20:06:02.706+01:00As was the guy who played the real Gavin. He would...As was the guy who played the real Gavin. He would have made an awesome Callum.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008737723977626982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-91521033039964410262015-05-05T18:55:57.562+01:002015-05-05T18:55:57.562+01:00The actor who played Phelan was TRULY scary.The actor who played Phelan was TRULY scary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-60854660098430825662015-05-05T17:44:28.628+01:002015-05-05T17:44:28.628+01:00Yes, laughable would be nearer the mark.
It's...Yes, laughable would be nearer the mark.<br /><br />It's just something about the way he speaks, the way he holds his mouth, all his actions, I don't know, it's like an actor trying to act tough and not pulling it off. Surely the mark of a good actor is that they come across as natural. As has been said, very bad casting there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-49131181138760356882015-05-05T16:29:34.912+01:002015-05-05T16:29:34.912+01:00I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one who ...I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one who laughed at the Finger of Doom. I though he looked like a kid playing cops and robbers, pretending his finger was a gun. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-6330198321195072712015-05-05T16:06:55.789+01:002015-05-05T16:06:55.789+01:00He is the non-villainous villain for sure, and you...He is the non-villainous villain for sure, and your analysis of the character is brilliant. <br /><br />Someone else on here pointed out that he seems like a middle-class kid who is scumming it with the Dog & Gun crowd, which also works as an interpretation.<br /><br />He might not be the scariest card in the deck, but he's bright enough to know that the Platts are dysfunctional sitting Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-33122933619920374952015-05-05T15:52:49.430+01:002015-05-05T15:52:49.430+01:00But it's the fact he's so unscary and not ...But it's the fact he's so unscary and not villainou that makes him fun to watch - or do I mean laughable?Glenda Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03366238040782331941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-9758126961845486482015-05-05T14:22:14.636+01:002015-05-05T14:22:14.636+01:00Captain Black was way, way more scarier!Captain Black was way, way more scarier!John McEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-68775925743489121792015-05-05T12:52:09.794+01:002015-05-05T12:52:09.794+01:00No FN, he is not fun to watch, he is a total embar...No FN, he is not fun to watch, he is a total embarrassment.<br /><br />I cringe every time I see him - a villain he is not. Really bad casting there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-47701395706712525492015-05-05T11:05:01.740+01:002015-05-05T11:05:01.740+01:00Spot on, Flaming Nora! I laughed out loud in last ...Spot on, Flaming Nora! I laughed out loud in last nights episode when The Finger of Doom made an appearance. I thought the cardi was an elegant touch, too. Callum has the screen presence of a Teletubbie.Dolly Tubbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-67084576333175414092015-05-05T09:36:35.777+01:002015-05-05T09:36:35.777+01:00Every time this ridiculous character starts pointi...Every time this ridiculous character starts pointing his finger or throwing his 8 stone weight around, Frosty expects to see ZAP, BOOM, come up on the screen like in the Batman movies/comics. Frosty the Snowmannoreply@blogger.com