Very inappropriate headline: "'I can't magic up a man' says Merlin star Michelle Ryan" She's only 24 years old. Sheesh, give the girl some room to breathe why don't you? I found this at the Daily Mail site near previously mentioned John Barrowman feature. This article recaps Ryan's Hollywood experience (most of which actually happened in Vancouver, B.C. where Bionic Woman was shot). However, the article starts like this:Former EastEnderMichelle Ryan survived a Hollywood flop and a very public breakdown tocast her spell in the BBC's Merlin. Now, she just needs to find achap... (snip) For ambitious young actors everywhere, the tale of Michelle Ryanshould be a salutary one. A household name in the UK, thanks to herrole as Zoe Slater in EastEnders, Ryan was convinced she had what ittakes to make it on a global scale. Unlike many, she acted on herambition and sooner than you can say 'Walford where?', she was off tothe US. At first, it seemed as though she had catapultedherself from pretty British soap actor to an international star when,last year, she landed the title role in the remake of the 1970s seriesBionic Woman. She signed on the dotted line for a seven-year contractand her trajectory seemed assured. Then: disaster. BionicWoman flopped. The show was not commissioned for a second series andRyan - already suffering jibes about her lack of star status andunconvincing American accent - was on a plane home, her tail betweenher legs.But, as I said in a comment that may or may not show up later under the article, none of it was her fault. She was good and getting better, despite all the twists and turns the show went through and all the messing around with the show that NBC did before the strike brought it all to an end last year.If you wanna blame someone, blame the NBC brass. So now, Ryan returns to big international TV in the BBC-NBC co-prod Merlin, and frankly, the show isn't delivering like everyone thought it would in the UK.BroadcastNow.co.uk (ratings for the week ending Sept 29...