The Street - a new drama for 91Èȱ¬ ONE
Lindsey Coulson plays Ann
"Ann is a very committed mother who is in a very happy relationship with her husband," says Lindsey Coulson who plays the wife of a teacher who is accused of exposing himself.
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"Obviously they're still attracted to each other and there's a lot of flirtation going on. But then she is suddenly hit with the notion of what he might have done.
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"He doesn't tell her straight away, which she finds really difficult to understand because they have a healthy relationship, so from the start this suspicion sets in because their whole sex life is based around her dressing up as a school girl, which she thinks is quite great but then it all starts to become a bit sinister and she doesn't trust him.
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"I found dressing up quite nerve-racking to do actually," says the former EastEnders star whose credits also include Murder Investigation Team and Every Time You Look At Me. "But once I got into it saying: 'this isn't Lindsey dressing up, this is the character Ann'; you get past that, you could forget it.
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"It doesn't matter what face you've got, if you're in high heels and a school uniform men are like amazing creatures really," she laughs. "It was good for your self-esteem. I quite enjoyed it in the end.
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"It was great because Neil (Dudgeon) is such a wonderful
person to work with and it was a really nice crew. I learnt the Britney
Spears song from my daughter who doesn't know yet that her mother is prancing
around on set dressed like that.
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"I looked like Widow Twanky in the outfit," laughs Lindsey. "I think the director shot it quite well from the back which made me look good hopefully."
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