Jazer Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 It so sad that Barry is gone now but as we saw it was accident. I don't blame Irene being angry at him for what he did. I was shocked when Peter walked in after Barry told Morag that he killed Josh but at the end H&A finally wraped up this storyline. Thanks, Jarad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamey-Maria Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 I was almost in tears!!! I can't believe this and i don't care what anyine else says, Barry's a good guy! I was so upset when Irene refused to see him. I understand but i wish she would have gone. I hope she does. That was some of the best acting i've seen in ages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 I was almost in tears!!! I can't believe this and i don't care what anyine else says, Barry's a good guy! I was so upset when Irene refused to see him. I understand but i wish she would have gone. I hope she does. That was some of the best acting i've seen in ages! Judging from the interview which Ivar Kant's has done and which is now up on seven's official site it does not sound as if she does...which I think is a great shame. I am still reeling from this...I hate the fact that its Barry and that there will be no more Irene and Barry...its awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natasha Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Judging from the interview which Ivar Kant's has done and which is now up on seven's official site it does not sound as if she does...which I think is a great shame. I am still reeling from this...I hate the fact that its Barry and that there will be no more Irene and Barry...its awful. I nearly cried at Irene's reaction, I can see where she's coming from...but I also liked Barry too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Lynd~ Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 I know i'll have fruit thrown at me here,but Irene annoyed me tonight.Yes i understand she was mad she fell for him again and now he's going to jail,but please it was self defence and he was protecting his son.I think it's stupid he's made it all about herself.Kim can support his father and understands,i don't see how she can't.As a foster parent she's done things to protect those kids,and kim is barrys real son.I think she would have done the same thing if it'd been Fin,Damian or Nathan who needed protecting.I'm not saying she has no right to be mad but to say he can rot in hell is a bit harsh. Acting wise though everyone did a brilliant job tonight,i was almost crying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffygirl Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 newest criminal! Coming face-to-face with Josh West’s murderer, we were expecting Ivar Kants to be as serious and stern as Summer Bay’s fiercest school principal, Barry Hyde! Instead Ivar Kants has such a friendly smile and gentle manner it’s hard to believe he’s the same person as two-time killer, Mr Hyde! "I was so lucky to get such an enigmatic character as Barry Hyde to play," Ivar remarks. "Barry Hyde was a damaged man who never opened up. He was an autocratic head master who would pick up little kids by the scruff of the neck." "I would get mail from little kids saying: 'Leave the children alone!'," he chuckles. "Barry Hyde was a character who was not meant to be liked, but in the process of the series he has become less awkward and more human, especially with his son Kim [Chris Hemsworth]. The irony is that the one person Barry Hyde couldn’t control was his son!” On the topic of the younger actors, Ivar comments on one of his favourite things about the profession - the interaction between generations. “It’s weird when you first encounter it: you’re working with people your parents’ age – and because you’re young and have your eyes and ears open, you can learn a lot,” he says. “ If you’re older being in the company of young people, you learn a lot too. So both benefit. You wouldn’t get that in say, a bank or corporation - there’s a hierarchy. In acting, everyone’s on the same level.” Ivar’s parents fled from Latvia to Australia in 1948. Like so many other children of immigrant parents, Ivar grew up in Australia with the knowledge there was another country on the other side of the world their parents ached and longed for. Because of the Iron Curtain years, Ivar’s parents could never visit their homeland, but Barry was able to visit Latvia while on a film shoot in the early ’90s. “I was terribly moved for the people there and for the hard life they’d had,” Ivar says. “For the first four weeks I was shellshocked: this was the place I had heard so many stories about as a child. I stood at the house from where my mother had fled in World War II. I was standing there on a sunny afternoon – it could have been anywhere, it was just like the suburbs of Adelaide where I grew up. You just can’t believe that once there were tanks rolling down the streets, people shooting one another, mothers with babies in their arms, running in fear. But I realised I am who I am because of what happened there.” These days Ivar, his wife Jenny and their four children live amongst the gumtrees and crisp air in Sydney’s Blue Mountains. “Thirty years ago my children started us on living an alternative lifestyle, caring for the environment, saving on energy,” he explains. “We put in a combustion stove, we grew out own vegetables, we shop at the Co-op in Katoomba. It’s a good lifestyle.” But after two and a half memorable years, you'll be sad to hear Ivar is leaving Home and Away at the end of this month. “The last scene I did for Home and Away will stay in my mind,” Ivar recalls. “As I’m driven away, Colleen stands there with her hands on her hips, Beth is sympathetic and tries to communicate, and Irene is angry. It’s lovely, there’s humour there for me in each character.” Farewell Barry – we’ll miss you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Lynd~ Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 omg i'm from Katoomba!my parents and good friends still live their,i'll have to go up for the winter magic festival next month,lol,i'll go to that shop and see if he's there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 omg i'm from Katoomba!my parents and good friends still live their,i'll have to go up for the winter magic festival next month,lol,i'll go to that shop and see if he's there I think its a food cooperative he is referring to isnt it? Ivar is a greenie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Lynd~ Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 ^Yeah ,i think most people in Katoomba are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou le belle Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 R.I.P Barry and Irene..you will be greatly missed. This is such a great shame and disappointment for all H&A fans but especially us Bareens...I think i'll cry for a year now!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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