“You really get to know yourself! ‘: Jenna Coleman and Poldark idol Aidan Turner reflect on working together in new West End rom-com
Jenna Coleman and co-star Aidan Turner opened up about their experience working together on their new West End show Lemons, Lemons, Lemons.
Appearing on This Morning on Friday, the couple appeared in good spirits as they discussed their next adventure.
Asked about their experience working together, Jenna, 36, admitted how well the pair have gotten to know each other – to the point of recognizing each other’s facial expressions.
Bonding: Jenna Coleman and her co-star Aidan Turner opened up about their experience working together on their new West End show Lemons, Lemons, Lemons
She said: “It’s so funny how much we have to know each other – like the twitches on each other’s faces.”
“You can absolutely identify when someone is gone or about to leave or empty.”
She added: ‘I have to say – that overall, well, we have nothing. We have our socks and our clothes and we have ourselves.
“It’s been awesome – the rehearsal process, the whole experience has been really fun. Great game really fun to explore too.
Close: Asked about their experience working together, Jenna, 36, admitted how well the couple got to know each other
Excited: Appearing This Morning Friday, the couple appeared in good spirits as they discussed their next adventure
Aidan, 39, added that the duo have been rehearsing for five weeks now.
Comparing the process of working on a play to a TV show or movie, he described it as “a joy”.
“We rehearsed for five weeks and you can’t really do that when you’re doing TV and film,” he said.
He added: “You kind of show up the same day and if you’re lucky, maybe the day before or the same morning, you might do a rehearsal – but it’s really a joy to do it. for 5 weeks.”
Jenna said: ‘It’s so funny how much we have to know each other – like the twitches on each other’s faces
The pair star together in Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, which made its West End debut over the weekend.
The play, written by Sam Steiner, will run for nine weeks and will see Jenna play Bernadette while Aidan portrays Oliver.
The official synopsis reads: “‘Let’s just talk until it’s okay.’
“Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons is a tender and funny romantic comedy about what we say, how we say it and what happens when we can’t say anything anymore”.
Enjoying it: Aidan, 39, added that the couple have been rehearsing for five weeks now and said the process has been “a joy”
According to The Telegraph, Lemons Lemons Lemons explores a young couple’s response to a dystopian world in which words are rationed by “laws of silence”.
In the play, rule-abiding lawyer Bernadette meets and moves in with rebellious musician Oliver as silence laws grow ever tougher.
Jodie Rourke, the show’s director, admitted to the publication that these kinds of laws wouldn’t happen in the real world.
She said: “Obviously those kinds of laws would be totally unenforceable. He therefore asks you to play the game and consider how relationships survive in extreme circumstances.
“It’s not a pandemic play, but it will resonate with people who have found the cracks in their relationships deepening during the lockdown.”
New venture: The pair star together in Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, which made its West End debut over the weekend
