Emmerdale favourite Emma Atkins has given her view on the possibility of Charity Dingle rekindling a relationship with Cain Dingle.
Currently, the soap character is wed to Mackenzie Boyd, portrayed by Lawrence Robb, and the pair are making it work after a turbulent period due to infidelity and an unexpected baby.
Whilst attending a recent Emmerdale press event, asked about the state of Charity’s union with Mack, Emma responded: “Yeah, probably that’s why we haven’t been doing much stuff because we’re on an even keel.”
She continued, “It’s quite good, it’s comfortable and steady. It’s quite functional which is unheard for Charity but it’s allowed us all to have a bit of a breather.”
Speaking on current storylines she expressed, “In fact, we’ve been blessed with two years of awesome and consistent storylines so I think we’re just doing our own thing. Mack is doing a lot with Aaron (portrayed by Danny Miller) so it’s been good to do some Dingle stuff.”
Veteran viewers will reminisce about the tangled past of Charity and her cousin, Cain Dingle, played by Jeff Hordley, in their unconventional romance during early 2000s, tracing back to parenthood of their daughter Debbie Dingle enacted by Charley Webb. Complications arise as Cain is in wedlock with Moira Dingle – elder sister to MacKenzie, enacted by Natalie J Robb, reports the Express.
Touching upon the topic of whether there would be a spark again between Charity and Cain, Emma confessed: “Wouldn’t it be nice. I do love the old school Cain and Charity but we all know that time moves on and I do love the Moira/Cain chemistry.”
“It’s brilliant because they are both different and work as a Yin and Yang but with Charity and Cain, there’s that level that there’d be too much friction because they are from a similar stock where as Moira has that morally upstanding nature and I wouldn’t want to change their dynamic but I would love to work with Jeff and Nat Robb.”
Charity is set for explosive scenes as she grows suspicious of Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor-Draper) and her relationship with hubby Tom King (James Chase).
The star said: “Charity starts to notice behavioural changes in Belle. She seems a lot more closed off, she doesn’t really want to socialise with her friends or family and she’s home a lot at Tom and whenever she’s out in the street she’s always with Tom and Charity is like ‘you’re never on your own, Belle’.”
“She’s started to let her know that she’s picking up this vibe that something may potentially be wrong but she knows at first she’s got to play it as this subtle game. She teases little things out of Belle but not enough to know so she decides to plan a girly night.”
“She goes to see Chas and Lydia and says ‘I feel something is not right and I want to get to the bottom of it and at this point suspicions of Tom’s behaviour is ramping up.”
