Emmerdale actor Jay Kontzle has admitted that he finds it "frightening" watching his co-star Paige Sandhu transform into killer Meena Jutla.
Next week on the ITV soap, viewers will watch as Meena returns to kidnap and torture newly wed couple Billy Fletcher and Dawn Taylor.
Speaking to the Mirror and other news publications, actor Jay, who's played Billy since 2018, opened up about what it was like to work with Meena actress Paige.
He said: "We were talking about method acting and stuff like that and obviously Paige doesn't do that. But she gets herself into that character and it's quite inspiring to watch and watch her develop into Meena because she carries the character so well and it's the complete opposite to how she actually is.
"She's not that type of person one bit, she smashes the role and it's very interesting to see her do it. You do actually feel scared of her. You do actually have that fear inside that she's actually quite frightening.
"But she's so embedded with that role she's got so many different pointers and that. She communicates with the director really well. She's a fantastic actress."
Actress Olivia Bromley also opened up about her character Dawn's upcoming ordeal with Meena.
"Meena wants Billy to choose one of them to be shot and she drags this out in a dramatic fashion to make it as painful as possible," actress Olivia Bromley - who plays Dawn - explains. "I think she just wants to cause maximum psychological pain.
"Rather than just disposing of both of them, she wants both of them to suffer - particularly Billy. I think because he's rejected her in the past and it seems to be the more game element of it for her, the better.
"So this is not a quick revenge thing, this is torture and the way it plays out is her having the control and power over these two characters."
*Emmerdale airs weekdays at 7pm on ITV, with additional episodes airing at 8pm on Thursdays
