Casualty Zsa Zsa returns
AS SUPERSTAR SURGEON ZSA ZSA RETURNS TO RESCUE DYLAN, SCREEN LEGEND SHARON GLESS IS THRILLED TO BITS…
Did I have to think twice about coming back to
Casualty? Are you kidding?” laughs Sharon Gless – aka top surgeon Zsa Zsa – as the US actress joins us on the phone from her home in the States. “I immediately told the show’s bosses that I would love to do it. But the problem is that now I have to follow my own act. I have to see if they’ll invite me back a third time – otherwise, oops!” If the drama of this week’s episode – in which outraged Zsa Zsa swoops into the hospital in a bid to track down troubled Dylan – is anything to go by, it seems unlikely that Sharon wouldn’t be asked to return very soon. And she’d be more than happy to oblige…
“I love it at Casualty,” she shares. “I was so looking forward to seeing everyone again – they became such a family for me last time, and everyone treated me like their own. I didn’t watch my previous episode – I’m too critical of myself to watch anything that I do. I never watched Cagney & Lacey, either. It’s how my mind computes!
“The audience was so generous, though,” adds Sharon. “I don’t understand a lot of social media stuff, though the BBC sent me all the comments that came in after my last Casualty episode went out. I was just astounded – what a treat!”
Viewers are set to be equally delighted by Zsa Zsa’s presence this time around, since her opening scene involves a furious showdown with Connie, which Sharon had a great time filming – once she’d managed to brace herself, that is.
“I was nervous at first,” says the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning star. “I could tell while rehearsing with Amanda Mealing [Connie] that I was up against a formidable character, and she was on her home ground. But I didn’t want to let down Zsa Zsa, so I swallowed my nerve and went for it.
Zsa Zsa won’t give up until she saves Dylan…
“Amanda was so flawless in her performance, and it was so much fun to do those scenes with her,” continues Sharon. “We laughed about what a great match our two characters were, and it was such a treat. I hope we might be able to do it again one day – Connie and Zsa Zsa are quite the combination!”
However, there’s no way that Connie can stand in the way of determined Zsa Zsa’s mission. The expert medic jets in after David contacts her to tell her that her former protege, Dylan, has gone missing – with the troubled alcoholic hitting the bottle following the bombshell that the baby his old friend Ciara recently lost was his.
Furious that Dylan’s colleagues have allowed him to go AWOL, high-powered neurosurgeon Zsa Zsa is joined in her efforts to find him by her able assistant, Jeffers, and Dylan’s concerned colleague, David. And there’s an emotional roller coaster in store for everyone involved…
“David and Zsa Zsa have a very funny relationship,” reveals Sharon. “Even though the characters don’t know each other, it’s as if they do. David is aware of exactly who to call when Dylan’s in trouble. It seems as though Zsa Zsa is the only one who can save him – and there’s no way she’s going to give up until she does!”