Behind the scenes with Richard Fleeshman

To say I was a little bit too excited when I heard I would be getting my hands on him was a complete understatement… I’d started looking for wedding dresses and venues before I’d even spoken to him… I was totally convinced I could sweep him off his feet and down the aisle.

I was wrong.

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As the latest soap-star turning pop-star he was brandishing himself out to all the media outlets; (FemaleFirst being his first choice – obviously.) and I wasn’t going to let this lad get past my Dictaphone and reporters notepad!

So I think he’s the deal; you work in a popular soap opera for a year or two and then suddenly you think you can sing… I mean what is that about? Acting and singing are two completely different things… so why does everyone try and fuse the two… or make one lead to the other?

This I had to find out!

However, finding out was a little trickier than I initially expected, first off, I must point out that despite the horrific attempts at a pop career by many ‘actors’, Richard Fleeshman is a bit of a bloody good singer; its a shame his looks went as his voice grew though – I liked his goth look in Corrie but now he’s got some crazy afro head, Indie boy look going on… not good.

When it came to chatting about moving from acting into singing I hit a total brick wall (he’d thoroughly prepared for this question) and it was like he was reading from a script and refused to elaborate on that. Great. Failed at the first hurdle.

And it didn’t get any better after that either; he was quite defensive and didn’t open up very much, not that I didn’t give him my best shot… I prised at him like a knife at a piece of toast jammed in the toaster, but he just wouldn’t budge, and I could feel and impending electric shock… or boredom induced sleep.

Towards the end I sort of worked my charms and got him to open up a little bit but the fact that he didn’t seem at all excited by the fact that he was on tour with Sir Elton John made me want to bash his head against a wall. Why he got that gig I’ll never know!

So what’s the result? Sorry Rich but I think I’ll find another man to marry…one who will actually have a great conversation with me… although I probably won’t print our pillow talk! ;]

Ruth xx

 Check out the interview here;

http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity_interviews/Richard+Fleeshman-53133.html