![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/eastenders-lucy-benjamins-fears-for-her-kids-after-filming-scary-new-tv-show/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_mirror.jpg&description=EastEnders icon Lucy Benjamin has been busy filming new movie Look To The Light, which examines the pitfalls of reality TV, fast fame and social media She's used to filming hard-hitting storylines for EastEnders and now Lucy Benjamin is using her platform to explore the pitfalls of reality TV, fast fame and social media in new movie Look To The Light. The legendary actress, 53, who is best known for playing Lisa Fowler in Walford since 1998, is starring as pushy mum, Elaine, in the film from Christopher Manoe, which follows wannabe influencer Eddie, played by Charlie Goddard, as he chases fast fame at the cost of his personal life and moral integrity. Lucy, who has been acting since she was nine, has admitted that she knows the pitfalls that can come with fame but for those new to experience it, it can be "very lonely". Speaking exclusively to the Mirror, Lucy admitted she was drawn to the film project as it's a really topical storyline and she can relate to it being a mother to two young girls, Bessie, 16, and Rosie, 12, as reality TV is so prevalent in their lives, as well as social media. Lucy said: "It's something [reality TV] that I try and keep out a little bit, we watch I'm A Celebrity and stuff, but it's things like your Love Island. I'm really kind of wary of it." She added: "It scares me that kind of reality TV, they're all so body beautiful and they look so perfect. I just don't know if that's totally real and the image I want my girls looking at. It's scary as a mum, protecting your kids but at the same time, you can't wrap them up in cotton wool. You've got to put them out there and experience life as it is." The actress admitted she is also wary of social media, saying: "My kids, they live their lives by social media - everything's Snapchat, TikTok - part of me wants to go: 'Oh, no, don't be on it.' But I have to hope that they've got a grasp, as they've grown up with it, of how to work it properly." Lucy added: "At the same time, I think: 'Am I behind){kind=link}
EastEnders icon Lucy Benjamin has been busy filming new movie Look To The Light, which examines the pitfalls of reality TV, fast fame and social media
She’s used to filming hard-hitting storylines for EastEnders and now Lucy Benjamin is using her platform to explore the pitfalls of reality TV, fast fame and social media in new movie Look To The Light. The legendary actress, 53, who is best known for playing Lisa Fowler in Walford since 1998, is starring as pushy mum, Elaine, in the film from Christopher Manoe, which follows wannabe influencer Eddie, played by Charlie Goddard, as he chases fast fame at the cost of his personal life and moral integrity.
Lucy, who has been acting since she was nine, has admitted that she knows the pitfalls that can come with fame but for those new to experience it, it can be “very lonely”. Speaking exclusively to the Mirror, Lucy admitted she was drawn to the film project as it’s a really topical storyline and she can relate to it being a mother to two young girls, Bessie, 16, and Rosie, 12, as reality TV is so prevalent in their lives, as well as social media.
Lucy said: “It’s something [reality TV] that I try and keep out a little bit, we watch I’m A Celebrity and stuff, but it’s things like your Love Island. I’m really kind of wary of it.” She added: “It scares me that kind of reality TV, they’re all so body beautiful and they look so perfect. I just don’t know if that’s totally real and the image I want my girls looking at. It’s scary as a mum, protecting your kids but at the same time, you can’t wrap them up in cotton wool. You’ve got to put them out there and experience life as it is.”
The actress admitted she is also wary of social media, saying: “My kids, they live their lives by social media – everything’s Snapchat, TikTok – part of me wants to go: ‘Oh, no, don’t be on it.’ But I have to hope that they’ve got a grasp, as they’ve grown up with it, of how to work it properly.” Lucy added: “At the same time, I think: ‘Am I behind the times, do I need to catch up with the times?’ This is their generation, this is what they’re doing. This is how they all interact with each other.”