While she said she is \u201cgrateful\u201d for the role which has given her \u201clots of opportunities\u201d, and that \u201cbeing the first deaf person to play a regular character is a huge privilege and was long overdue\u201d, she added that scripts on the soap are often \u201cnot quite right\u201d.<\/p>\n
She said that her character is often written as being in a room \u201cwith a big group of people arguing with each other, following everything that is being said and even repeating things back to them\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cOr they will write my character as lipreading someone from impossibly far away, like I have a superpower, which is not realistic at all!\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Ayling-Ellis said that she has \u201casked countless times for a deaf consultant to be brought in to work with the writing teams, to help advise on ways to incorporate and respect deaf culture,\u201d yet due to the speed of the show and a high staff turnover, \u201cthe importance of consultants is often forgotten\u201d.<\/p>\n
She also said: \u201cEven though I am not paid to do the extra work on top of my job, I try to fix the problem on set and a lot of the time people are very supportive and make changes based on my advice.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the problem is, it doesn\u2019t get added to the script. So, when it comes to editing, the editor follows the original script and the changes I make are left out of the final cut. This isn\u2019t a one off, it happens to me every week.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ayling-Ellis said that she has started to see \u201csmall changes\u201d working on the show, as she has been invited into the writers room to make sure scenes are realistic, but adds \u201cit shouldn\u2019t have taken me two years of repeating my frustrations, using up my time and energy, to get to a point where I feel able to demand that my needs are met\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ayling Ellis announced she was leaving the soap earlier this month<\/a>, saying at the time: \u201cIt\u2019s been incredibly special to be EastEnders\u2019 first regular deaf actor. I have loved my time on the show and Frankie has been such an awesome character to play, however now feels like the right time for me to move on and I am excited and ready for new challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n RadioTimes.com<\/a> has reached out to EastEnders for comment.<\/p>\n Visit our dedicated\u00a0<\/strong>EastEnders<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0page for all the latest news, interviews and spoilers. If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our\u00a0<\/strong>TV Guide<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<\/strong>Radio Times podcast<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n Ayling-Ellis said the scripts on the soap are often “not quite right” and scenes are “not realistic at all”. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":20939,"template":"","categories":[2,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/rose-ayling-ellis-says-eastenders-character-is-often-written-as-deaf-stereotype-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/rose-ayling-ellis-says-eastenders-character-is-often-written-as-deaf-stereotype-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/rose-ayling-ellis-says-eastenders-character-is-often-written-as-deaf-stereotype-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/rose-ayling-ellis-says-eastenders-character-is-often-written-as-deaf-stereotype-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/rose-ayling-ellis-says-eastenders-character-is-often-written-as-deaf-stereotype-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/rose-ayling-ellis-says-eastenders-character-is-often-written-as-deaf-stereotype-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/rose-ayling-ellis-says-eastenders-character-is-often-written-as-deaf-stereotype-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Ayling-Ellis said the scripts on the soap are often \"not quite right\" and scenes are \"not realistic at all\".","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/20938"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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