WHEN I WAS... eight: Holby City's Rosie Marcel opens up her photo album from 1985 - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity WHEN I WAS… eight Holby City’ s Rosie Marcel opens up her photo album from 1985 By You Magazine - August 12, 2018 Welcome to a new series where the stars take us back to a significant year in their lives. First up, Holby City’s Rosie Marcel opens up her photo album from 1985. Ken McKay My big break I landed an incredible role in my first big Hollywood film, Hyper Sapien, about aliens inhabiting the earth. I played Tavy [on motorbike, far left], who was one of them. We shot it in Canada – there was a BMX bike on set for me and toys in my Winnebago. It felt crazy for an eight-year-old. I’d been working solidly since I was three, but this was a big movie for me. I got to dress up and put a wig on every day. It was brilliant. I still have the script as a memento. TriStar Pictures/Courtesy My mentor This photo of me with Keenan Wynn was taken on the set of Hyper Sapien – he played the lead. He was an old movie star and had been in a lot of John Wayne films. My father made us watch Westerns and classics so I knew all about him. It felt desperately exciting to be working with him. I was really missing my grandpa and he stepped in as a surrogate grandparent. He died soon after – it was his last film. I feel so lucky to have worked with him. Our Christmas show My uncle had seven daughters, so we girls always put on plays at Christmas. I have fond memories of our version of Guys and Dolls. My sister Kelly [left] and I both loved drama. I’ve always been close to her. She’s four years older than me and is a successful screenwriter living in LA. I am uber proud of her. My amazing grandparents We spent every Sunday and Christmas with my grandparents, who were the epitome of love. My grandfather would always have a packet of boiled sweets in his pocket and he smoked these amazing cigars – he filled the old cigar boxes with 1p and 2p coins and gave them to each of his grandchildren at Christmas. After he died, when I was 16, my whole family fell apart – he had bound us all together. We had au pairs, but my grandmother played a big role in my upbringing as my father [TV director Terry Marcel] was always away working. She had incredible stories from the war. And no matter how naughty my father and his brother were as children she would defend them. The series that made me Hyper Sapien led to the role of Sophie [left] in Press Gang [a children’s show about a school newspaper]. It was one of those iconic programmes and I feel proud to have been part of it – it’s still talked about. I loved working with Paul Reynolds [center] and Dexter Fletcher who has gone on to direct the new Elton John biopic. ITV/REX/Shutterstock As told to Charlotte Pearson-Methven Holby City is on BBC One, Tuesdays at 8pm RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved