 and why she hasn't been surprised to see the romance revisited. Here, Niamh opens up on being proud of the best work she has ever done, the #Jeri fanbase, and the prank she played on I'm A Celebrity star Owen Turner. What can you tell us about Juliet's upcoming story? I really can't say that much, but what I can say that there are some big scenes and a big storyline coming up and there has been a suggestion that it's about cancer, so it's a heavy, emotional topic that so real for so many people, I feel so grateful to be involved with that. I am excited to say more at the right time, I guess How did you react when you were first told this was coming up? My first reaction was worry, I guess. I didn't want to mess it up and I didn't know what it meant for Juliet. But I was also really excited and grateful to be given the opportunity to do something dark and so issue based. I have been so lucky with all of the storylines I have been given while I'm here, and some really powerful issue based stories, coming from County Lines to something else. Sid's gone now, and allof that so it's a new chapter and I'm all for it. I am grateful to be given the story. You will be a few weeks into filming it now; are you finding it challenging? Yeah, what we saw in the trailer were with Greg and Kieron, so it's been really nice to work with the parents and the adults – I still don't class myself as an adult! It's good to work with them more as I have been generally working with more peer-age characters like Peri and Nadira. There have been really challenging scenes and long, h){kind=link}
NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Hollyoaks fans are finding themselves deeply worried for Juliet Nightingale, following a trailer which confirmed a cancer storyline for the popular character.
And now, actress Niamh Blackshaw has been talking to Metro.co.uk about the ‘heavy and serious’ story ahead and her initial nerves, but excitement at taking it on.
Amid the tragedy, the star also reflects on Juliet’s love story with Peri Lomax (Ruby O’Donnell) and why she hasn’t been surprised to see the romance revisited.
Here, Niamh opens up on being proud of the best work she has ever done, the #Jeri fanbase, and the prank she played on I’m A Celebrity star Owen Turner.