Vishal was eight when he vanished in broad daylight on the day of the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer.įew people were on the streets.
Vishal Mehrotra is one of the names that I will never forget. Somewhat ludicrously, she seemed a more credible DCI than me.Įvery police officer has cases that stay with them. What was difficult to admit to myself at the time was that I saw in Tennison a confidence, a self-possession and a certainty that I strived to feel but with mixed success. Helen was a class act and did tremendous justice to the role that Lynda had created. I was really impressed by the portrayal of Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison – the character who was, effectively, based on me and my experience. If you feel the need to do it, you lock yourself in the loo so that no one hears you and no one sees you.' Jackie Malton pictured in uniform in 1972 from her book The Real Prime Suspect I told her: 'I try to avoid giving mixed signals with my body language and I never show my vulnerability or let my guard down at work.
One of the things she was interested in was how I presented myself at work. Part of me was saying to myself, 'Shut up, Jackie!', but I carried on, like a runaway train, as stories about my work poured out of me.Ī little later, Helen invited me to have dinner with her at a restaurant. Drinking and smoking too much didn't help. Given that I was doing most of the talking, I felt a bit hyper. I felt nervous, whereas Helen seemed very composed. Slim, attractive and blonde, she had a presence that made me feel a little awed when we first met. Tennison had been inspired by my own experience as a female detective, so I was delighted to be asked.īut my honest reply at the time was this: 'I've never heard of her.' Lynda urged me to meet Helen who, as I soon established, was an accomplished actor with a background in stage and film. 'They've cast Helen Mirren to play Tennison,' she said. It was in 1990 that crime author Lynda La Plante called me to say they'd found an actor for the lead role in her new television drama, Prime Suspect.
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