Georgie and Army life after Elvis
Our Girl BBC 1, 9pm
THE new series of military drama Our Girl began last week, but it seems that star Michelle Keegan is still getting over the events of the previous run.
That’s when her on-screen fiance Elvis Harte (Luke Pasquilano) was killed in an explosion, leaving her character Georgie Lane heartbroken.
Keegan says that Georgie will continue to grieve for him throughout the series: “She’s had six months out for compassionate leave and is now throwing herself into work. She’s definitely not over Elvis at all and you’ll see throughout the episodes that his death has really affected her.”
It’s also been a tough time for the actress. She says: “It was really, really strange. Luke and I started on the series at the same time together and it was so odd when he left. It was like a hole and I definitely missed him.
“We literally started the next episode the day after Elvis died. Luke left on a Thursday and on a Friday we started to film episode five. It took a long time for me to adjust as all our storylines were always based around Georgie and Elvis and the ‘will they, won’t they’ situation.”
At least the actress, who first found fame as feisty Tina on Coronation Street, can take some comfort in the fact that she wasn’t the only one affected by the storyline – Our Girl fans were also devastated by Elvis’s death.
She says: “I was in Malaysia at the time and it was
6am when it aired in the UK. I looked at my phone and it had gone crazy.
“What was great was that it hadn’t been released that Elvis was going to get killed so it was obviously a massive shock for the audience who follow the story. I just remember that all the women’s hearts on Twitter were broken that night.”
However, in this second episode, Georgie may not get too much time to dwell on Elvis, as she meets undercover Special Forces operative, Bones (Oliver Rix) – and he doesn’t make the best first impression.
Keegan explains: “They get off to a rocky start as Georgie sees him in Nigeria where he throws a child out of his way. But obviously goodie two shoes Georgie won’t stand for that and ends up confronting him.”
She adds: “You soon see that he is the Head of Special Forces and has taken over Elvis’s role but he is totally different. He’s very angry all the time, very old school and isn’t emotionally led, he also hasn’t got a friendship with Captain James. However, you see him and 2 Section build a relationship which is really exciting.”
And there’s even more drama, as 2-Section try to trade the detained son of a rebel leader for an imprisoned Nigerian military medic, unaware their captors are setting a trap. It leads to a tense stand-off, but will everyone make if out alive this time, or is Keegan going to have to deal with more early morning messages from fans?