The Perfect Hero
“A huge blue mat had been set up under the Cobb and it was on to this that Beth Jenkins had to leap in her portrayal of Louisa Musgrove. The famous steps known as The Granny’s Teeth had been ruled out as far too dangerous by Teresa. The modern ones were far easier to negotiate in Regency costume and were sheltered too.Gemma, who was on the Lower Cobb, was watching Beth and was counting her blessings that she didn’t have to perform the stunt.‘Do you think she’ll really do it?’ Sophie whispered to... her.‘I don’t know,’ Gemma said. ‘She looks nervous to me.’Everything else had been filmed; it was just the leap that they had to cover now and all eyes were turned to Beth who was standing on the top step with Captain Wentworth, Anne and Henrietta watching her from below.‘Blimey! It’s a lot higher up than I imagined,’ Beth said with a little smile as she gazed down at the mattress that was to catch her.‘Oh, come on, Beth!’ Sophie said. ‘You said it was a piece of cake.’‘I didn’t say I couldn’t do it,’ Beth said, hands on her hips.‘We have Kerry on standby, Beth,’ Teresa said, nodding to the stuntwoman who was hovering in the background.‘I said I’m doing my own stunts,’ Beth said and everyone waited until she gave the nod before flinging herself from the Cobb with the words, ‘I am determined I will.’For a few seconds, time seemed suspended and Beth seemed to be flying through the air for an age before landing in an ungainly heap on the blue mattress below.MoreLess
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