One last thing... Skins

Here is one funny article from the Guardian by Rich Pelley

Bye-bye Freddie, Cook, Effy and co. Hello (half of) the new character cycle of series five of Skins. Rich Pelley
feels old.

Hello, half of the new character cycle of series five of Skins. When I watch The Inbetweeners I think, "Yes, sixth-form was basically two years of crippling sexual frustration and 'your mum' jokes." But when I watch Skins I think, "Pah! I don't remember any of this sex, drugs and rock'n'roll happening to me."

Jessica (1) I do.
Alex (2) From the age of nine, mate.
Jessica I was popular. I went to all the parties. You must have been doing something wrong.

Shouldn't they make Skins more like Glee and have you breaking into song every episode?
Jessica Yes. We should break into song to help people to understand what is going on. I understand what's going on in Glee only when they break into song.

You have to be technically 18 to watch Skins on E4.com, but I bet you all aren't. Do you have to wear blindfolds on set so you don't glimpse anything untoward?
Dakota(3) Yes.
Jessica No, they gag us and put us in a cupboard.
Sean(4) It gets quite kinky after hours.
Alex We have to finish filming at eight because that's my bedtime.
Dakota He gets cranky if he doesn't have his pacifier and bottle.

Interestingly (5), I auditioned for the new series of Skins in a hilarious (6) undercover piece for The Guide. But, erm, I didn't get on. Got any idea what I was doing wrong?
Sean What did you say your age was?
Er, 18.
Dakota You can't do that. Apparently they have to look at passports now because last series lots of people lied.
Sean I'm sure your performance was brilliant.

Well, we all had to sit in a circle and "improv" some scenes but I was like, "Where's the script? What am I supposed to say?" So I didn't say anything at all.
Jessica Oooooh. Such an amateur!
Alex You should have really analysed the text before you went in.

Anyway. Let's have a Skins series five checklist. Put your hand up if any of the following happens to you. Anyone get hit by a bus and lose their memory for the entire series, like Tony is series two?
Jessica I get hit by a giraffe and then hit by a donkey.

Anyone get clobbered to death with a baseball bat, like Freddie in series four?
Dakota No, but I'm hoping in the next series I get to do that to Sean.

Anyone get off with a teacher, like Chris and Angie in series one?
Jessica Yeah! In real life? Oh, OK. No.

Anyone get their bum out, like Anwar in series two?
Alex [Proudly] I get my bum out, like Anwar.
Sean All the boys get their bums out. Well, three of us did and Seb (7) had a bum double because it was during a sex scene and he's not 18. If it's just a naked bum, that's fine.

What, a bum double like Kylie?
Sean No. It was because it was during a sex scene and he's not 18. If it's just a naked bum, that's fine.

Thanks, half of the new character cycle of series five of Skins. Has anyone told you that you're all going to get killed off next series anyway? Why bother?
Jessica I thought we had a movie and a spin off and … what the?!

Skins, Thu, 10pm, E4

1 Jessica Sula, plays "The Quiet One" Grace Violet

2 Alex Arnold, plays "Metalhead Know-It-All" Rich Hardbeck

3 Dakota Blue Richards, plays "Androgynous Oddity" Franky Fitzgerald

4 Sean Teale, "Rugby Captain" Nick Levan

5 Arguably

6 Ditto

7 Seb de Souza, "Mysterious" Matty

Labels: Brand New , entrevistas , interview , Skins season 5