TERRORDALE Three Emmerdale favourites will be left fighting for their lives in ‘heart-stopping’ new storyline
The Sun on Sunday revealed earlier this year that an Emmerdale character was being killed off after 16 years on the ITV soap
EMMERDALE bosses are to stage a massive stunt which will see three soap favourites trapped in a car after it plunges into a frozen lake.
In horrifying scenes filmed last week, Leyla Harding, played by Roxy Shahidi, is one of three women who will be seen fighting for their life as the vehicle sinks.
Leyla Harding, played by Roxy Shahidi, will be seen fighting for her life on the soapCredit: ITV
And sources told how ITV bosses pulled out all the stops to make the storyline as dramatic as possible.
Measures included dispatching a crew to cover an entire field with thick candle-wax, replicating the ice on the surface of a lake.
One soap insider said: “The bosses want viewers to have their hearts in their mouths when they see the car career off the road and into the water.
“It’s a nightmare scenario and everything was done to make sure this was a scene with real impact. Hours were spent creating a layer of ice, then the actors spent hours out on the frozen field in the pitch black trying to do the storyline justice.
“It will be a real heartstopper moment when it airs in January.”
The Sun on Sunday revealed earlier this year that Emmerdale favourite Roxy was being killed off after 16 years on the ITV soap.
Until now, the explosive circumstances of her exit had been kept secret.
Our revelation comes after Emmerdale bosses announced earlier this month that there will be a special one-hour episode in January that follows Leyla’s son Jacob Gallagher on a shift in a busy A&E ward.
They added that Jacob, played by Joe-Warren Plant, will be “pushed to his limits professionally and personally” as he deals with crises involving fellow villagers.
The latest news has sparked fan speculation that Jacob could be tasked with saving his mother’s life.
(Emmerdale legend is leaving soap after 16 years and will be killed off in explosive scenes)
Roxy, who filmed her first scenes in Emmerdale in 2008, is the third star confirmed to leave the soap this year as bosses look to reduce cast numbers.
Lesley Dunlop, who plays Brenda Walker, is also leaving the Dales after 16 years.
Viewers will have to wait to learn if the two characters trapped in the sinking car with Leyla survive.
