“I like playing women who have a problem”
According to the story, Billy died in Paraguay, but is now suddenly back in Meerdijk. “I’m buried and all,” Lone says, laughing. That the makers of GTST Calling her again came as a surprise to her. “I thought: great fun, but how?”
The actress left the series at the end of 2023, but her character remained part of the story for a while afterwards. That storyline ultimately ended dramatically when Billy died in a car accident in Paraguay. Lone doesn’t actually find it surprising that Billy is now returning. “I think it’s always nice to have a soap bitch. He hasn’t been there for a while.”
Since Billy’s death, she says, it has remained fairly quiet in Meerdijk. “If you want excitement, you call Lone van Roosendaal,” she jokes. She herself enjoys playing characters with a frayed edge. “I like playing women who have a problem.”
Lone has also noticed that Billy has been through a lot in Meerdijk over the years. Sometimes she even loses the overview. “My bed partners were recently listed and there was one that I really couldn’t remember.”
Moreover, it is not the first time that a character in a series has risen from the dead. Yet this time Billy gets to see a different side. The makers already told Lone what they want to do with her role. They wanted to make her role ‘a little more sustainable’.
While Billy was previously mainly associated with the mafia, the makers want to give her a more recognizable storyline, according to Lone. She must try to restore the bond with Shanti Vening, her daughter. “In this case I have to face my daughter again. She is natural not amusedbecause all this time she thought I was dead.”
In addition, Billy has now become a grandmother. She wants to do everything she can to restore contact with her daughter. “She is really going to do her best. Her daughter really wants it too.” However, this is not without problems. “Her husband, played by Ferri Somogyi, is hesitant.”
A little soap is not possible without a real soap bitch. In the video below, Lone previously responded to her comeback in the soap.
