Super Soap Week 2021 began last night with a showstopper of a kickoff from Emmerdale last night.
The episode saw a perilous rope bridge above a canyon collapse where Dr. Manpreet Sharma (Rebecca Sarker) and Rev. Charles Anderson (Kevin Mathurin) fall from a great height from a 60-foot-high suspended rope bridge into the menacing waters below.
In tonight's nail-biting episode, David Metcalfe (Matthew Wolfenden) and Victoria Sugden (Isabel Hodgins) will also find themselves in the freezing waters when their lives hang in the balance.
Matthew Wolfenden explained to an ITV Insider how scared he was during the filming.
Matthew Wolfenden, said:
"I'm not great with heights. When we had to do the bridge stuff, Isabel was just absolutely amazing. We were on wires so there was no way we could fall but when your 60 foot above the water and you're clinging onto a broken bridge, it's absolutely terrifying. I was pretty nervous about the bridge but it all flipped with the water stuff as Izzy wasn’t too confident in the water and I love being in the water. It's funny because our characters were so opposite to us. Victoria was supposed to be scared of heights and David is trying to help her but in reality, it was the other way round. I was petrified and Izzy took it all in her stride. The bridge was so high though. Even the stunt guys commented on how high it was. I was pretending that I was a lot more confident than I was. Hopefully, I passed it off. Isabel on the other hand was fine. She was loving it. She was letting go and hanging off the rope she was on. It was pretty nerve-wracking for me."
Matthew Wolfenden, said:
"I'm not great with heights. When we had to do the bridge stuff, Isabel was just absolutely amazing. We were on wires so there was no way we could fall but when your 60 foot above the water and you're clinging onto a broken bridge, it's absolutely terrifying. I was pretty nervous about the bridge but it all flipped with the water stuff as Izzy wasn’t too confident in the water and I love being in the water. It's funny because our characters were so opposite to us. Victoria was supposed to be scared of heights and David is trying to help her but in reality, it was the other way round. I was petrified and Izzy took it all in her stride. The bridge was so high though. Even the stunt guys commented on how high it was. I was pretending that I was a lot more confident than I was. Hopefully, I passed it off. Isabel on the other hand was fine. She was loving it. She was letting go and hanging off the rope she was on. It was pretty nerve-wracking for me."
Isabel spoke to ITV, for their own exclusive, about Super Soap Week.
Isabel Hodgins, said:
"I'm at ease with heights so I don't understand how if you know you’re clipped on to a harness you can be scared of falling. Matthew on the other hand is not okay with heights so he did really well considering. Victoria was obviously supposed to be the scared one and David was supposed to be the confident one. That wasn’t the case in real life."
Isabel Hodgins, said:
"I'm at ease with heights so I don't understand how if you know you’re clipped on to a harness you can be scared of falling. Matthew on the other hand is not okay with heights so he did really well considering. Victoria was obviously supposed to be the scared one and David was supposed to be the confident one. That wasn’t the case in real life."
Super Soap Week 2021 continues tonight, at 19:00, on ITV/STV with Emmerdale.
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