User blog comment:Chawk1993/Why does everyone hate Gwen?/@comment-5995315-20130130120318

From what I've read, the reason they chose Angel for the part was that she was the only one of the four with significant acting experience.

I love how Angel and Bradley have portrayed the forbidden romance of their characters up to the point of the climax where Gwen is now the rightful Queen of Camelot.

I heard about the commentary for S5E9 (I think) that in the bedroom scene Bradley actually tossed Angel onto the bed. The scene was so hot they had to cut it from the episode. The two make the chemistry work.

The character of Gwen went through a transformation that left her a flat  in parts of season 5. But that doesn't mean Angel can't act; it means she's playing her character exactly as it's supposed to be played.

Angel plays one of the essential characters, and unless viewers understand Gwen's importance to the story they will miss an important message season 5 and the finale give us.