"The New Yorker"s theater critic was impressed by her "feistiness" and "lightness of comic touch". Sherwood gave Lily more feistiness, although the character was never written as timid. Tony tells Robbie how he married Carla as he was attracted to her feistiness. Udeze was noted for his feistiness, intelligent marking and remarkable recovery rate. Kat reminds Andy of his mum, with her dark hair and feistiness.