On Wed, 16 May 2001, Steve Kilbane wrote:
When he was speaking at Deliverance, I got the impression that it was what to do with Gan that caused the dearth of lines, rather than the quality of delivery. That's merely my impression, and based on a hazy memory at best,
For what it's worth, I share that impression.
although I do know that Gan was specifically named as
being a character that ran out of lines (for whatever reason), while he didn't name actors that got fewer lines because of their delivery. (Again, I might be mis-remembering). This made me wonder whether it was the reason that Jenna and Cally got pushed to the side, but that's entirely my own thought.
I'm pretty sure I read/heard somewhere that this is precisely why Jenna was sidelined. Sadly, I am unable to remember the source of this information, so it may well have come from the monkeys in my trousers.
Iain