Rachel Armstrong - Amy Mathews

[KirstyEkua]

And, does anyone have any favourite Rach/Leah scenes? I love their friendship and the scenes they have together, it's one of the few very consistent things about H&A!!

And oh credit to Amy for saying 'Kirsty' properly. When she's with Leah in Noah's and they're talking about inviting her, she actually pronounced it like it should! So many of my Aussi/US friends say it more like Kristy and it drives me nuts

[charmed60]

Haha I must have watched Tachel scenes so many times that I've started talking like Rachel now

I'd like for there to be another storyline with her Dad, maybe once the baby comes, then Tony can show him what a Dad's meant to be like haha. I think her relationship with her Dad has affected her as well, probably all that effort she put in to trying to please him is the reason she tries so hard (and sometimes too hard) to please people now, sometimes interfering where she's not wanted! It's probably what has made her so desperate for children also, so she can give a child the life she wished she had.

I meant to say to you actually that I noticed Amy wears earrings so perhaps it is a Rachel thing. I have my ears pierced but I always forget to put earrings in! She must be reeeally short to be shorter than Jess. Mind you I have noticed the heels she wears being mega at work so perhaps that's why she wears such high heels to work. I never realised she was so short but when I saw those logie pics I really noticed it.

My favourite Leah/Rachel scene....hmm. One that stands out to me is the episode after Kim leaves Rachel and Leah comes round to visit just after she gets back from Sallys. There was some really nice dialogue said between them and then Leah kissed her head just before she left and said she'd come and check on Rachel later, then Rachel said "alrriiight thank you" That small but sweet scene just really showed to me how much they're there for each other. Another test of their frienship shows in the fact that Leah is the first person Rachel told that she'd been raped by Henk. That was quite a lovely scene, with leah crying when she realised what happened and she kept coming round to check on Rachel. I do love the consistency of their friendship and I wish it was shown a bit more, with Leah being a very underused character we don't get to see a lot of Rachel helping Leah (only when Dan died if I remember rightly) but more the other way round. We see Rachel helping everyone else though!

Haha it must be the accent but I remember liking the way she said Kirsty...she like really accentuated it. I wish I had an Oz accent, so much prettier than English!

[KirstyEkua]

I feel really sorry for Rachel just now. All she wants to do is help Martha and Tony but she can't. She must feel so helpless, watching the man she loves in so much pain knowing there's nothing she can do it make it hurt less. I think she's unsure of what she should be doing, hence why she's working so much. That's what she always does when she is trying to avoid a situation but i have a feeling she won't be able to carry on for much longer like this. Her emotions must be all over the place, especially being pregnant. She knows she can't worry/stress herself too much but it must be awful for her. She was close to Jack too, and she has to watch her fiance deal with losing her son

I wish we'd seen a little more Leah/Rachel interaction during this time. Rachel could really use a shoulder to cry on just now. I did love their little scene last week though, but it would have been nice for Leah to show a little more concern for her.

Edited January 27, 2009 by KirstyEkua

[KirstyEkua]

As much as i wish Rachel was with Tony more right now, i'm loving her storyline with Bridget.

Amy is great at playing Rachel being a b**ch. Her scenes with Bridget are fantastic and i love how it's all playing out, even though the timing is totally off - but that's the writers fault more than anything.

[Dean]

I'm loving this storyline as well, Rach has had a fair few awesome scenes lately.

[TachelHolden]

I'm loving this storyline as well, Rach has had a fair few awesome scenes lately.

Yeah i bet Amy is loving these scenes getting to be a bitch for a change.

Edited January 31, 2009 by CHARL3N3x

[MTerry]

I've always loved Rachel. Amy Matthews is a great actress.

[rachel&kim]

Just wondering, did anyone see the film 'Gabriel' that Amy Mathews was in? I just wondered what it was like and what Amy was like in it, if anyone saw it.

[Jamey-Maria]

If I remember correctly she had 2 scenes & they were very small ones with barely any dialogue. She was supporting one of the main (?) characters- really can't remember specific details. But I do remember she had to run with him from something and because she has very expressive eyes, even in the very few seconds she was convincing. The movie was actually pretty good to so I think it's worth watching and Amy was a nice little suprise.

[KirstyEkua]

If I remember correctly she had 2 scenes & they were very small ones with barely any dialogue. She was supporting one of the main (?) characters- really can't remember specific details. But I do remember she had to run with him from something and because she has very expressive eyes, even in the very few seconds she was convincing. The movie was actually pretty good to so I think it's worth watching and Amy was a nice little suprise.

Thanks Jamey Maria That sounds really interesting. I've never seen her in the movie, maybe i'll try and youtube it. I don't think i've ever not been convinced by her performances on Home and Away. I know people tend to make fun of soap actors for not being 'real actors' but i think she does a pretty good job and has a lot of talent.

On a totally random note, was Rachel kidnaped by the 'Believers' to help deliver Tasha's baby? I honestly don't remember that. It's on Wikipedia so i know i shouldn't take it as gospel, but....Rach does have a 'thing' for being kidnapped/held hostgae That's 5 times in 3 years....who wants to bet it happens to her again just before she goes into labour?