Tom Hooper worked 10-hour days on "EastEnders", and learned to direct with speed. He was influenced in his early career by the cinematic style of American TV series such as "ER", "NYPD Blue" and "" and tried to work that style into his "EastEnders" episodes; one scene featuring Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp) involved a crane shot, which Hooper believes made him infamous among the "EastEnders" production crew. In 1999, Hooper directed two episodes of Granada Television's comedy-drama television series "Cold Feet", which marked his move to bigger-budget productions. There was initially concern at Granada that Hooper might be an unsuitable director for
Sarah Kemp Sarah Kemp Sarah Kemp (born Gypsy Kemp, 1937 – 9 January 2015) was an Australian actress best known for starring in the Australian soap opera "Sons and Daughters", playing the character of dizzy socialite Charlie Bartlett, from 1982 to 1987. Kemp, who was born as Gypsy Kemp in 1937, started her career in the United Kingdom, with credits including the film "A Touch of the Other" (1970), two episodes of the "Doctor Who" story "Day of the Daleks" (1972), and a 1972 episode of "The Benny Hill Show". She was in the series "Shoestring", which appeared on BBC television between