Emmerdale star Natalie Ann Jamieson has praised young co-star for tackling “demanding” his storyline as she revealed a filming secret.
The actress, who plays Amy Wyatt on the ITV hit soap appeared on Monday’s episode of Lorraine show. Natalie’s character Amy is currently going through a dramatic storyline as she was forced to flee the village, in an attempt to protect her son Kyle.
The 10-year-old is responsible for Al's fatal shooting in a barn but his father Cain Dingle has taken the blame for the crime to protect his son.
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However Amy’s boyfriend Matty has just found out the shocking truth about Al’s death after Mackenzie spilled the beans forcing Amy to return to the village in an upcoming episode.
Kyle is played by Huey Quinn and Lorraine was quick to heap praise on the talented youngster as she asked Natalie: “He’s such a good actor isn’t he? That must make your job so much easier because you have been working with him loads.”
Natalie said: “He is amazing. He makes my job easier in many ways because he is a great actor and just a great crack to have on set - the banter is just amazing.”
She continued: “It's incredibly demanding. We have done some really emotional scenes and big days like that where you are just spending the day crying together and you think this is a lot, he just handles it so well.”
Lorraine asked the actress about her close bond with the rest of the cast, Natalia joked: “We are like a family. We spend more time with each other than our actual family.”
The actress couldn’t help but spill a few show secrets as she confirmed that they film episodes months in advance. Lorraine asked about her Christmas plans and if she gets time off filming.
Natalie revealed that she has finished filming up till February and set designers use "plastic flowers" to imitate Spring in the village.
She said: "With filming we've pushed through January and we're up to about February now". A curious Lorraine asked how they make the set look like it's Spring rather than Winter.
Lorraine jokingly asked: "Have they had to put up plastic daffodils?" Natalie added: “I think they do you know. When the spring flowers pop up they've had to make that happen somehow."
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