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Lydia West and Nicola Coughlan insist the lives of the characters they play in their latest TV comedy reflect how them feel about themselves at this current moment in time.
Created by Camilla Whitehill, Channel 4 show Big Mood sees Nicola play Maggie, a young woman struggling with bipolar disorder, while Lydia plays best friend Eddie.
Described as 'a vivacious and rebellious portrayal of female friendship when infiltrated by the complexities of a serious mental illness,' the show finds both characters at a crossroads in their friendship as they rapidly approach their thirties.
Lydia, 30, starred as Jill Baxter in the Russell T. Davies drama It's A Sin, a harrowing account of the AIDS crisis and its devastating impact on the gay community in 1980s Britain.
And she has now revealed she felt lost after the show aired on Channel 4 in 2021 while contemplating what the next step in her career would be.
Lydia West and Nicola Coughlan insist the lives of the characters they play in their latest TV comedy reflect how them feel about themselves at this current moment in time (L-R: Lydia and Nicola pictured earlier this month)
Created by Camilla Whitehill, Channel 4 show Big Mood sees Nicola play Maggie, a young woman struggling with bipolar disorder, while Lydia plays best friend Eddie
She explained to Grazia: 'I’d say my lowest moment was after It's A Sin came out and dealing with what to do next, feelings of impostor syndrome, feeling not good enough.
'What I did to get through it was pottery. I joined a pottery club and I had two pottery friends.
'They’re in their sixties and the three of us would go every weekend to just be on the wheel and catch up.
'It was using my hands and getting out of my head.'
