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slowly coming towards me. I shrieked, and the Sri Lankan crew came along and calmly just swept it away with sticks.
“But apparently it was a rather nasty one. I later found out the most venomous snakes live in Sri Lanka.”
There was also the problem of missing home comforts during the three months of filming, such as wifi.
“It was a long time to be away,” says Amanda.
“My husband came out three times and two of my students came out to see me for a week, but apart from that no one else did. “The wifi wasn’t great and you’d be in the middle of Skyping and you’d realise it had frozen again and you’d only have got two words out.
“I found that quite hard and I missed my daughter very much. I found it difficult to switch off at the end of filming every day as well. The script highlighted to me a lot of the predicaments of the people whoho live out there in poverty – and that makes you think a lot.”
Meanwhile, she reveals the cast’s sun-kissed skin is all an effect as they were issued with spray tans and advised to keep out of the sun, to avoid getting burnt. Amanda says co-star Neil who plays her beach bum love interest, had an extra one put on his body before he did a nude scene, baring all on top of a rock.
“We were all spray tanned before we went out there,” explains Amanda. “The men especially enjoyed the experience.
“Neil had an extra spray tan before he got his bottom out.”
“Neil is great fun. We got on so well and you need that especially when you are so far away from home. We had a laugh.”
It was incredibly tough. Every time I got a new script I cried more than I have ever done AMANDA ON HOW THE PLOT BROUGHT BACK HER OWN TRAGEDIES
Good Karma Hospital is on ITV tonight at 9pm.