Emmerdale legend Deena Payne has opened up about a major stunt which went wrong during her time with the soap.
As Emmerdale fans likely know, Deena Payne played show favourite Viv Hope for 18 years. Her character died alongside Terry Wood, played by Billy Hartman, back in 2011 in a major stunt.
Deena, 67, has been talking to podcast Distinct Nostalgia about how stunt filming changed in Emmerdale down the years. The acting star opened up about how one of her first stunts with Emmerdale, around 1993, which went badly wrong - while filming alongside Claire King who plays Kim Tate.
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Deena explained: “We (characters Kim Tate and Vic Windsor) were right in front of a really huge bale of hay stacked up which was to catch on fire. They had pipes of gas, little gas pipes with little holes so that the flames would liquor around the hay.
“Just as this was starting we were supposed to chuck buckets of water all over the bales of straw. Before they said ‘action’ I actually saw flames coming from the top of the straw right at the very top.
Deena added: “I shouted out “it’s caught fire!” they had all caught fire and it all burnt to the ground. We had to cut and wait two weeks for them to stack it again.”
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