REBECCA SARKER PRAISES "WONDERFUL STUNT TEAM" IN SUPER SOAP WEEK SHOWSTOPPER | EMMERDALE

Last night's intense Emmerdale episode saw a perilous rope bridge above a canyon collapse as Super Soap Week 2021 began. 

Viewers saw Dr. Manpreet Sharma (Rebecca Sarker) and Rev. Charles Anderson (Kevin Maturin) fall from a great height from this suspended rope bridge into the menacing waters below. 

Rebecca & Kevin spoke to ITV on the mammoth bridge stunt. 

Kevin Mathurin, said:

"We were so high up, about 60 foot above the water.  When the VFX are in it will look like the rope bridge is suspended between two cliffs but in reality, one side was attached to a crane.  It didn't look inviting at all but the way they constructed and designed it, it looked fantastic.  I looked at it and thought, this is my job, amazing!  Rebecca was so comfortable walking across the bridge and I was holding on for dear life like a mug."

VFX is the technical term for Visual Effects. 

ITV gave themselves the exclusive and caught up with Rebecca Sarker.

Rebecca Sarker, said:

"The bridge stunt was not only a feat of imaginative prowess but also of technical excellence.  So complex was the set up of the bridge - it took 3 hours each time to reset it- that we as actors felt a certain pressure to do the shot justice.  It was a good pressure though, one that made you want to bring your A-game to the field.  We had a wonderful stunt team managing any concerns we had so felt totally safe and secure.  Having said that, your heart can't fail to miss a beat or two when you’re suspended with no safety harness on a Tarzan-like rope bridge with a 60 foot drop below into a water-filled quarry."

Super Soap Week continues tonight, at 19:00, on ITV/STV with Emmerdale.