Joan Collins lifts lid on frosty relationship with Dynasty co-star Linda Evans

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Joan Collins has admitted she had a frosty relationship with her โ€˜Dynastyโ€˜ co-star Linda Evans.

The actress, who played Alexis Colby in the US soap, often filmed dramatic scenes with Linda as her characterโ€™s nemesis Krystle Carrington.

However, Joan admits the pair had different opinions over whether they should do their own stunts โ€“ and it made life on set slightly awkward.

In an interview with ET Online, Joan explained: โ€œIt was a very interesting relationship because Linda and I are opposite ends of the spectrum.

โ€œShe loves doing her stunts and I was informed by Gene Kelly when I first came to Hollywood, โ€˜Do not do your own stunts, honey.

โ€œFirst of all, youโ€™re putting a stunt gal out of work, and second, itโ€™s dangerous.โ€™ So many actors have had serious problems and I know a lot of actors today who have got hip replacements and things like that because theyโ€™re doing their own stunts.โ€

Joan, 88, said there was one stunt she did do and that was a fight between Alexis and Krystle in a pond.

The actress admitted it was โ€œscaryโ€ to go into the water and she tried not to do in too deep.

She added: โ€œIf you freeze frame, I did go into the water and the water was only about this deep. It was really scary โ€ฆ and we did several takes.

โ€œThen, when Linda went to hit me and the director said cut, he didnโ€™t say cut early enough and she did connect a little bit with my chin. So thatโ€™s not acting, when you see that bit.โ€

Joan is currently promoting her new book, โ€˜My Unapologetic Diariesโ€™, in which she recalls some of the drama behind-the-scenes on โ€˜Dynastyโ€™.

It is her 17th tome and was recreated using voice notes she made for herself at the time which formed an audio diary.

She said of the recordings: โ€œThey were unapologetic because I didnโ€™t care what I said. And sometimes Iโ€™d come back from an event, and Iโ€™d be a little bit drunk somehow, sometimes, and I would say things and I didnโ€™t have to apologise for them because it was just me writing to myself.โ€


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