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Nicola Methven

Actress playing Maxine Carr in Soham murders drama shares 'difficult, dark' experience

The actress playing Maxine Carr in a drama about the Soham murders says Beyonce’s music helped her shrug off the criminal’s persona after tough days of filming.

Newcomer Jemma Carlton plays Carr in Channel 5’s Maxine, opposite Scott Reid as killer Ian Huntley. She said: “When we finished filming, I was so tired from carrying the weight of Maxine as a character. When me and Scott are in these characters, it’s a really difficult and dark thing.

"So by the end of the day, when we were out of them, we would always listen to some music. I have a playlist when I am in role and one when I am out. It helps with the ‘de-robing’ of her. I am such a big Beyonce fan. It is such a different mood and it helps massively.”

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