Her favorite book by Collins? The trio had started writing the show a decade before.
In one particularly charged scene, this pious woman, who would never go out without her hijab, catches sight of herself in a mirror, and prises aside her sensible underwear to examine her doughy flesh.
But there is a resulting child, which can be the best for both of them.
It must have been adolescent experimentation.
What do people mainly recognise you from? But I was utterly thrilled to be asked to be Ma Larkin, because the books meant a great deal to me as a teenager.
Dickens as a rather unfortunate scold from whom the writer would be fortunate to escape, but over her handful of scenes she deepens and humanizes the character until she emerges as a surprisingly tragic figure.