 She thought she might be classified as a troublemaker and a femme fatale, before revealing that there would be some comedy in the role too.Darren Rowe from Digital Spy described Cassandra as "seductive and troublesome", while a writer for Yahoo!7 called her a cougar.Goldsmith later branded her character "a real piece of work", before adding "Cassandra's a vixen, she's manipulative, she's vulnerable.