Queen guitarist Brian May was in for a shock when he failed to recognise his own wife, Anita Dobson, after her radical makeover for the new zombie series, Generation Z.
Anita spilled the details about the dramatic transformation: “I sent my husband [Queen guitarist, Sir Brian May] a photo of me from the set when I was a bit bloodied up and he couldn’t speak, he just asked, ‘Is this my wife?'”
Playing Janine in the show, Anita further revealed a messy incident on set: “I also had a baptism of blood on my first day when they over-packed a blood bag and it went everywhere.”
She described the chaotic scene, saying: “It was in my eyes, up my nose, in my ears – everyone got soaked. The walls were soaked and everyone was hysterically laughing.”
Brian and Anita, who have been married for 23 years, initially crossed paths at a film preview that coincided with Anita’s arrival on EastEnders as Angie Watts. Brian recently stunned fans by confessing a stroke.
He reached out to his social media followers in September, emphasising his ability to still strum the guitar strings. The stroke came as a surprise post his 2020 heart attack ordeal, reports the Mirror.
Opening up about his health concerns, Brian shared: “I’m here to bring you, first of all, some good news, I think. The good news is that I can play guitar after the events of the last few days.
“I say this because it was in some doubt, because that little health hiccup that I mentioned happened about a week ago – what they called it was a minor stroke. And all of a sudden, out of the blue, I didn’t have any control over this arm. So it was a little scary, I have to say.”
Anita is set to star in Ben Wheatley’s new project, Generation Z, a satirical drama that marks her first foray into the zombie genre. She shared: “I’ve never done anything like this before. I thought, at my age, I should give everything a go.”
In the series, Generation Z initially remain oblivious to the unfolding events until Anita’s character, Janine, becomes infected and attacks her granddaughter Kelly, portrayed by Buket Komur.
“When it comes to Kelly, Janine just wants to infect her so they can be together – she doesn’t want to kill her,” Anita explains.
After Janine gets infected, she goes through the motions of horror and wants to know what’s happening to her. But suddenly, she finds all the things that she felt when she was young.
There’s a desire to go out there and do things, to stand up for herself and she’s got the power to do that. Janine’s completely fearless and doesn’t want that to change.”
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