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Belinda Giblin ‘I WAS SCARED TO REPLACE ROWENA’

It was glitzy, glamorous and completely over the top. Yet Belinda Giblin never really wanted the sudsy Sons and Daughters role that shot her to enduring fame.

Replacing Rowena Wallace as super b---h Patricia ‘Pat the Rat’ Hamilton just didn’t appeal. In fact, Belinda now reveals she refused the producers’ offer twice before finally accepting.

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