With several decades having passed, the new film naturally sees a much older version of the character \u2013 a far cry from the young teenager who led the cast in the original.<\/p>\n
And speaking exclusively to\u00a0RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Agutter explained that it was vital to fill in the gaps in Bobbie\u2019s life and explore what she\u2019d been up to in the years between the two films, which are set in 1904 and 1944 respectively.<\/p> \u201cIt is important that it is the same character, because there are a lot of people who may have seen the [original] film, and will want to know that Bobbie Waterbury actually went through a period of time, and she went through a very interesting historical period of time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cShe goes through the First World War and the Second World War, she goes through women getting the vote, and she would have been a suffragette \u2013 I\u2019m absolutely certain that Bobbie would have been in there fighting for women, fighting for social causes, fighting for families and fighting to make things happen.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd so I knew that was something I could do, and I could bring her sense of wanting things to be good all the time or wanting things to turn out right all the time to it.\u201d<\/p>\n Interestingly, Agutter says that these aspects of the character weren\u2019t so much in the script itself, but were something she worked on with director Morgan Matthews.<\/p>\n \u201cYou don\u2019t really see very much of that screen, [although] we did manage to get an element of it in there, which I\u2019m really pleased about,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cBut it\u2019s always important to get a backstory for yourself, and very particularly for Roberta to have sustained that life in between.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I mean, mainly because it is such a small role within it, I\u2019m just there to hand the baton on \u2013 I mean Lily (Beau Gadson) is the new Bobbie as it were, leading that group of children and having those adventures together. I was really there just to link the older story and bring it to the 1940s.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Amazon Prime Day 2022 is here<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Taking place on 12th-13th July, Prime Day is an exclusive sales event for Prime members.<\/span><\/i> With early Prime Day deals already live, we are seeing discounts across Amazon devices like the\u00a0Echo Dot<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0up to 50% off movies and TV shows on Prime Video<\/a>.<\/span><\/i> Along with access to\u00a0Amazon Prime Day<\/a>, a Prime membership also gets you free premium delivery and a subscription to Prime Video and Amazon Music.<\/span><\/i> Sign up for a 30-day free Amazon Prime trial<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> The Railway Children Return is released in UK cinemas on Friday 15th July 2022. Visit our\u00a0Movies<\/a>\u00a0hub for the latest news and features, or find something to watch tonight with our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. 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