Caught in a Trap
Drama debut for singing star Connie
Published: Monday, 12 May 2008, 4:32PM
Sound of Music star Connie Fisher will make her TV drama debut as a woman obsessed with Elvis Presley.
Caught in a Trap is Connie’s first television role after her success as Maria in the acclaimed stage musical.
Filming has just begun on locations in London and Connie says: “I am thrilled to have been cast in my first television drama and I am very excited to be in front of the camera.”
Her character Gemma Perkins seeks solace in her secret passion – Elvis Presley. She’s obsessed with the rock & roll legend. He never lets her down, unlike every other aspect of her life.
Living at home with her overbearing step-mother and downtrodden father, she has a boring, and low-paid job emptying car park meters. She’s just waiting for something amazing to happen, for her life to really begin.
But then her life takes a dramatic turn when she finds an easy way to fund her obsession with the king of rock & roll. That spending gives her a thrill she’s never experienced before. Gemma starts to dip into cash from the parking meters and goes on a spending spree with Elvis memorabilia top of her shopping list.
But the spending spirals out of control, and she is in danger of being caught in a trap.
She is joined by a cast including Jim Carter (The Oxford Murders, Cranford) playing her father. Geraldine James (Heist, The Last Enemy) plays her stepmother and Joe Absolom (Doc Martin) is her would-be boyfriend.
“Connie has more than proved herself as an actress in her role as Maria in The Sound of Music,” says Producer Jill Green. “We thought she would be perfect for the role of Gemma Perkins in Caught in a Trap. She has a vulnerability about her and an interesting face which betrays a range of emotions which we require for this role. She has an accessibility, and is a person we can all relate to.”