{"id":45929,"date":"2024-02-14T23:00:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T22:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1992199"},"modified":"2024-02-14T23:40:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T22:40:34","slug":"too-good-to-be-trues-kara-tointon-on-elliots-past-everything-unravels","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/too-good-to-be-trues-kara-tointon-on-elliots-past-everything-unravels\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Good to Be True\u2019s Kara Tointon on \u201cElliot\u2019s past\u201d: \u201cEverything unravels\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> &#8220;Rachel starts to push the buttons&#8230;&#8221; <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Abby Robinson\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 14 February 2024 at 22:00 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>In the least shocking news of the year so far, the opening episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/too-good-to-be-true-cast-channel-5\/\">Channel 5 drama To Good to Be True<\/a> revealed Elliot (Allen Leech) to be, well, a massive creep.<\/p>\n<p>The wealthy businessman, who we first met skulking around the back of a hotel by the bins \u2013 the first red flag \u2013 hired Rachel (Kara Tointon) to personally clean his house after supposedly being impressed by her scrubbing skills \u2013 not strictly a red flag, but certainly odd.<\/p>\n<p>When she arrived at his home, a secluded country property which has cameras on the interior as well as the exterior \u2013 those red flags are totting up \u2013 Rachel was given a tour of the property by Elliot\u2019s employee Simone, a stern woman who instructed her not to enter a particular room if the door was closed \u2013 again, our suspicions were raised.<\/p>\n<p>But in the spirit of being a good protagonist, Rachel broke that rule and had a good poke around the space, which included a photo of Elliot and his \u201cglamorous wife Olivia\u201d \u2013 who is so far nowhere to be seen \u2013 and a child\u2019s bedroom \u2013 again, no sign of said child.<\/p>\n<p>But the most unsettling development was yet to come.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/kara-tointon-teases-too-good-to-be-true-newsupdate\/\">Ex-EastEnders star Kara Tointon teases new thriller Too Good to Be True<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Elliot gifted Rachel a shiny new top of the range television, which her son Liam was ecstatic about, but little did they know that there\u2019s a camera hidden inside, which Elliot\u2019s now using to monitor them in their flat.<\/p>\n<p>Run, Rachel, run.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press, Tointon described Elliot as a \u201ckind of Prince Charming\u201d who is \u201cseemingly very genuine and kind and is coming from a <span data-markjs=\"true\">good<\/span> place\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cThere doesn\u2019t seem <span data-markjs=\"true\">to<\/span> <span data-markjs=\"true\">be<\/span> anything off initially, but as soon as you delve <span data-markjs=\"true\">be<\/span>low the surface, everything unravels.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-handler__container image-handler__container--aspect\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ 1.501210653753);\"> <picture> <source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/rachel-to-good-to-be-true-f6c12d9.png?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/rachel-to-good-to-be-true-f6c12d9.png?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=599%2C399 2x, 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class=\"caption-hold\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-copy\"><i class=\"icon-arrow icon-camera-circle\"\/> Kara Tointon as Rachel.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"im-image-caption\"> <i>Steffan Hill\/Channel 5 Television\/Story Films<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>In the teaser for episode 2, we find out that someone breaks into Rachel\u2019s home and destroys her belongings, which prompts Elliot to invite her and Liam to stay with him. How convenient\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Was it her toxic ex-partner Kieron who caused the damage, or was it all part of Elliot\u2019s master plan, whatever that may be?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRachel starts to push the buttons in asking questions and wanting to know a bit more, but she\u2019s trying to be sympathetic to bringing up anything too traumatic for Elliot because he does start to open up about his childhood and his past,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cAnd you believe him, and in a way he\u2019s being quite truthful. But it\u2019s the twists and turns later on which make you realise that the truth [is] slightly different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s good at talking. One moment he\u2019s open and the next, it\u2019s a closed door, so it\u2019s like a chessboard of information for Rachel to try and navigate.\u201d<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the episode, Simone told Elliot that Rachel is \u201chiding\u201d a secret of her own, but according to Tointon, her character is an \u201copen book\u201d, and happily so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cRachel wears her heart on her sleeve and she\u2019s got nothing to hide,\u201d she explained. \u201cAnd she finds that really amusing because she\u2019s like, \u2018I\u2019m an open book, ask me anything. I\u2019ve got nothing to hide.\u2019 And that\u2019s the sort of yin and yang of Rachel, who is richer for the fact that she is who she is, and then you\u2019ve got Elliot who seemingly has it all, has the life of dreams, but he\u2019s tortured by his past.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAnd so in that sense, Rachel\u2019s the lucky one because knowing yourself and being able to be open with yourself and honest with yourself is probably the most valuable thing in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.greenvideo.io\/players\/gv.js\" data-license-key=\"f0cf5e3e9068d9a4affa36d5c8962eaf1a0662ba\"\/> <div style=\"width:50%;min-height:100vh;overflow:hidden;aspect-ratio:16\/9;position:relative;\"> <style><![CDATA[ .gvtext1, .gvtext2 { animation-duration: 5s; animation-iteration-count: infinite; animation-direction: alternate; width:100%; } .gvtext1 { animation-name: gvtext1; } .gvtext2 { animation-name: gvtext2; } @keyframes gvtext1 { 0% { opacity: 1 } 47% { opacity: 1 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 100% { opacity: 0 } } @keyframes gvtext2 { 0% { opacity: 0 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 53% { opacity: 1 } 100% { opacity: 1 } } ]]><\/style> <div style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:smaller;position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;background:rgb(208, 208, 208);border-radius:30px;display:flex;text-align:center;align-items:center;\"> <div class=\"gvtext2\" style=\"position:absolute;\"> Green Video Post Element <br\/>Video ID: \"9e95d6b9d405c7b482dd9257ddefe1ad5f9f8cbf\" <br\/>Mix ID: \"\" <br\/>Player ID: \"Tw3-XowQ\" <\/div> <div class=\"gvtext1\" style=\"padding: 10px;\"> If the player doesn't appear here within a few seconds, the Player ID or Licence Key (set via IM Green Video settings) might be invalid. <\/div> <\/div> <green-video embed-id=\"Tw3-XowQ\" content-id=\"9e95d6b9d405c7b482dd9257ddefe1ad5f9f8cbf\" mix-id=\"\"\/>\n<\/div> <p><strong>All 4 episodes of Too Good to Be True are available to watch now on My5. 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