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Lucinda Claire "Lou" Croft is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Dee Smart. The character made her first screen appearance on 13 June 1991. Smart successfully auditioned for the role in her final year of drama studies and began filming in April 1991. Lucinda is characterised as a "tomboy" who rides a motorbike and has a self-assured persona. Lucinda arrives in Summer Bay to live with her uncle, Donald Fisher (Norman Coburn). Writers soon introduced her estranged brother David Croft (Guy Pearce) and set up a romance with Nick Parrish (Bruce Roberts).
Their romance was developed into a love triangle when Lucinda's ex-boyfriend Ryan Lee (Alistair MacDougall) arrived. He begins a campaign of manipulation to snare Lucinda from Nick. The story gained notoriety in Australia as Smart was verbally abused in the street by viewers and MacDougall feared for his safety. After only eight months in the role, Smart gave an interview to Australian television magazine TV Week. She criticised the show so much that producers retaliated by publicly terminating her Home and Away contract in a later interview printed in the magazine. Lucinda's final storyline portrayed her leaving both Nick and Ryan to reside in Perth.
Smart had been studying drama in Sydney for three years at Ensemble Theatre. In her final year she decided to attend the audition for Lucinda. It was Smart's first ever acting role. The actress signed a contract to remain with the series for two years. Smart began filming for the role in April 1991. She told Mary Fletcher of Inside Soap that she was "a wreck" before filming her first scenes but soon learned to cope with the process. Each weekend Smart would attend acting classes to improve her skills.
Lucinda was introduced into the series as the niece of established character Donald Fisher (Norman Coburn). Around the same time producers hired Guy Pearce to play Lucinda's brother David Croft. Lucinda and David had become estranged after a family argument. David arrives in Summer Bay to make amends. In The Official Home and Away Annual, John Kercher detailed that "lots of eyebrows were raised" by Lucinda's entrance into Summer Bay astride a motorbike. Donald is "shocked" by her arrival and appearance having best remembered her as a child playing with dolls. Kercher stated that Lucinda is characterised as a "leather-clad, self-assured young woman." She also had a "tomboy" dress sense. Smart revealed in a TVTimes interview that Lucinda does not "believe in sticking to tradition". Lucinda's cousin, Bobby Simpson (Nicolle Dickson) had been led to believe Lucinda was a "complete bore" by Donald but surprised to learn she is the opposite. Lucinda is multiskilled and has good mechanic skills, especially concerning motorbike repairs. She also has a degree in art. Kercher noted that during her time Lucinda gains a "reputation for being a bit of a flirt, but she claims she only played the field until the right guy came along." Smart has stated that like her character she is not traditional; Lucinda does not care about doing "the 'done' thing".
"Old flames from way back Lucinda and Ryan created sparks. Lucinda had a big decision to make - Ryan or Nick? [...] She chose neither and elected to leave Summer Bay."
Producers paired Lucinda with policeman Nick Parrish (Bruce Roberts) for her first romance story. Their relationship becomes serious and they discuss marriage. Writers developed the story love triangle and introduced Lucinda's ex-boyfriend Ryan Lee (Alistair MacDougall) in the show. In the character's backstory, Lucinda and Ryan broke-up and she decided to move to Summer Bay and live with Donald. Ryan eventually tracks Lucinda down wanting to reconcile their romance. His arrival occurs at the moment Lucinda and Nick are considering their engagement. She was easily tempted by Ryan, but Nick decides to compete to win her affections. Nick places posters around Summer Bay confessing his love and Lucinda chooses to remain with him.
Ryan later returns with a new plan to snare Lucinda from Nick. MacDougall told an Inside Soap columnist that he felt sorry for Lucinda. He branded it a "it's a strange situation" and "Lucinda doesn't know where her loyalties lie or feelings." Ryan creates little scams to make him seem better than Nick. His end game is to get Lucinda to admit she still has romantic feelings for him. MacDougall stated that Ryan is "optimistic" because he had always loved her, she is his "definite goal". As the pair spend time together, viewers were given a chance to witness what their romance used to be like. They also portrayed plenty of tension between them, which MacDougall believed kept viewers guessing.
The two characters had completely different characterisation; MacDougall explained that Nick is "the authoritarian type and the other's a rich, good time guy who happens to be a bastard." He added that Ryan is "egotistical, self-centred and worldly" and knows how to play Lucinda to his advantage. He also does not care about ruining Nick's life and "takes great joy of seeing Nick squirm". Nick becomes aware of the growing chemistry between Lucinda and Ryan. MacDougall concluded that Nick quite rightly became "overly protective" of Lucinda as he knew of Ryan's scheming. Ryan hatches to new scheme and starts dating Marilyn Chambers (Emily Symons). They break-up when it becomes apparent that he is using her to make Lucinda jealous.
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Lucinda Croft
Lucinda Claire "Lou" Croft is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Dee Smart. The character made her first screen appearance on 13 June 1991. Smart successfully auditioned for the role in her final year of drama studies and began filming in April 1991. Lucinda is characterised as a "tomboy" who rides a motorbike and has a self-assured persona. Lucinda arrives in Summer Bay to live with her uncle, Donald Fisher (Norman Coburn). Writers soon introduced her estranged brother David Croft (Guy Pearce) and set up a romance with Nick Parrish (Bruce Roberts).
Their romance was developed into a love triangle when Lucinda's ex-boyfriend Ryan Lee (Alistair MacDougall) arrived. He begins a campaign of manipulation to snare Lucinda from Nick. The story gained notoriety in Australia as Smart was verbally abused in the street by viewers and MacDougall feared for his safety. After only eight months in the role, Smart gave an interview to Australian television magazine TV Week. She criticised the show so much that producers retaliated by publicly terminating her Home and Away contract in a later interview printed in the magazine. Lucinda's final storyline portrayed her leaving both Nick and Ryan to reside in Perth.
Smart had been studying drama in Sydney for three years at Ensemble Theatre. In her final year she decided to attend the audition for Lucinda. It was Smart's first ever acting role. The actress signed a contract to remain with the series for two years. Smart began filming for the role in April 1991. She told Mary Fletcher of Inside Soap that she was "a wreck" before filming her first scenes but soon learned to cope with the process. Each weekend Smart would attend acting classes to improve her skills.
Lucinda was introduced into the series as the niece of established character Donald Fisher (Norman Coburn). Around the same time producers hired Guy Pearce to play Lucinda's brother David Croft. Lucinda and David had become estranged after a family argument. David arrives in Summer Bay to make amends. In The Official Home and Away Annual, John Kercher detailed that "lots of eyebrows were raised" by Lucinda's entrance into Summer Bay astride a motorbike. Donald is "shocked" by her arrival and appearance having best remembered her as a child playing with dolls. Kercher stated that Lucinda is characterised as a "leather-clad, self-assured young woman." She also had a "tomboy" dress sense. Smart revealed in a TVTimes interview that Lucinda does not "believe in sticking to tradition". Lucinda's cousin, Bobby Simpson (Nicolle Dickson) had been led to believe Lucinda was a "complete bore" by Donald but surprised to learn she is the opposite. Lucinda is multiskilled and has good mechanic skills, especially concerning motorbike repairs. She also has a degree in art. Kercher noted that during her time Lucinda gains a "reputation for being a bit of a flirt, but she claims she only played the field until the right guy came along." Smart has stated that like her character she is not traditional; Lucinda does not care about doing "the 'done' thing".
"Old flames from way back Lucinda and Ryan created sparks. Lucinda had a big decision to make - Ryan or Nick? [...] She chose neither and elected to leave Summer Bay."
Producers paired Lucinda with policeman Nick Parrish (Bruce Roberts) for her first romance story. Their relationship becomes serious and they discuss marriage. Writers developed the story love triangle and introduced Lucinda's ex-boyfriend Ryan Lee (Alistair MacDougall) in the show. In the character's backstory, Lucinda and Ryan broke-up and she decided to move to Summer Bay and live with Donald. Ryan eventually tracks Lucinda down wanting to reconcile their romance. His arrival occurs at the moment Lucinda and Nick are considering their engagement. She was easily tempted by Ryan, but Nick decides to compete to win her affections. Nick places posters around Summer Bay confessing his love and Lucinda chooses to remain with him.
Ryan later returns with a new plan to snare Lucinda from Nick. MacDougall told an Inside Soap columnist that he felt sorry for Lucinda. He branded it a "it's a strange situation" and "Lucinda doesn't know where her loyalties lie or feelings." Ryan creates little scams to make him seem better than Nick. His end game is to get Lucinda to admit she still has romantic feelings for him. MacDougall stated that Ryan is "optimistic" because he had always loved her, she is his "definite goal". As the pair spend time together, viewers were given a chance to witness what their romance used to be like. They also portrayed plenty of tension between them, which MacDougall believed kept viewers guessing.
The two characters had completely different characterisation; MacDougall explained that Nick is "the authoritarian type and the other's a rich, good time guy who happens to be a bastard." He added that Ryan is "egotistical, self-centred and worldly" and knows how to play Lucinda to his advantage. He also does not care about ruining Nick's life and "takes great joy of seeing Nick squirm". Nick becomes aware of the growing chemistry between Lucinda and Ryan. MacDougall concluded that Nick quite rightly became "overly protective" of Lucinda as he knew of Ryan's scheming. Ryan hatches to new scheme and starts dating Marilyn Chambers (Emily Symons). They break-up when it becomes apparent that he is using her to make Lucinda jealous.