Charity Dingle and Vanessa Woodfield will share of a night of passion after they’re trapped in the Woolpack basement with an unlimited supply of booze.
The feuding pair will turn to the bottle as the prospect of each other’s company proves too much; until things take a racy turn after necking back a whiskey or nine.
Emma Atkins, who plays Charity, revealed: “Charity is riled over what’s happened and she thinks the only way they will get through being trapped together is if they drink themselves into oblivion. She doesn’t want to do it sober. They go, ‘We don’t like each other, but cheers!’
“It starts to unravel and goes in different directions. Suddenly there is a moment that Charity kind of jumps on and seizes, as she is a complete opportunist.
“There’s been no attraction whatsoever between them up until this point. In a way, that is interesting for the audience, as sometimes things do happen out of the blue.”
Though, Emma hinted her character may have an ulterior motive: “Charity would certainly not turn away a situation that might be beneficial to her. It will certainly wind Frank up when he finds out, so that is a moment of, ‘Oh, wait a second…’
“Charity’s cogs are always whirring. They are always ticking away in the background.”
She continued: “Charity probably does fancy Vanessa and wants to explore that. She knows Vanessa is unsure of her own sexuality, so she is enjoying the flirtatiousness and vulnerability on Vanessa’s part. It’s a bit like cat and mouse.
“I think Charity is searching for something that maybe doesn’t even exist. When you are feeling a sense of loss, it probably makes you very miserable. Maybe she’s looking to fill that hole in her life.”
Michelle Hardwick, who stars as Vanessa Woodfield, added: “When they wake up in the cellar with hangovers, they’re left to wonder what they’ve done. They are still locked in the cellar, and then there is the walk of shame. Vanessa then tells Paddy later in the day and confides in him.
“Vanessa is worried about everyone knowing because of her dad. Charity is the person who split Frank and Megan up, and he has always said to Vanessa that Charity is poisonous. Now Vanessa has had a little bit of a drunken kiss with her, at that point!
“Vanessa goes back to Charity to talk it out. But then she gets reeled in again by Charity – and this time it’s more than a kiss…”
Charity was previously in a same-sex relationship with Zoe Tate (played by Leah Bracknell), while Vanessa was in love with her best friend Rhona Goskirk (Zoe Heny) back in 2013. Sadly, the feeling wasn’t mutual.
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