OUT OF THE ORDINARY
REBEKAH STATON ON PLAYING KICK-ASS MUM DELLA IN RAISED BY WOLVES AND HER SAPPHIC ROLE IN TV DRAMA, ORDINARY LIES
Rebekah Staton as Wendy in BBC One’s Ordinary Lies
WORDS CARRIE LYELL, PHOTOS ADRIAN ROGERS/BBC
Rebekah Staton describes herself as “the actress that was in that thing you liked” but she’s selling herself short if you ask us. Not only is she the exceptionally talented woman behind one of our favourite characters (Della Garry) in one of our favourite shows (Channel 4’s Raised By Wolves), she also ranks pretty high on our all-time list of TV crushes. We called recently to fangirl over her and find out more about her new role as lesbian forklift truck driver Wendy in BBC One’s Ordinary Lies.
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DIVA: What is Ordinary Lies all about?
REBEKAH STATON: It’s about a group of people who all work at the same place, and each week we take a closer look at the trials and tribulations that different characters face.
You play Wendy, a forklift truck operator. Did you have to learn todrive one of those?