Emmerdale star Laura Norton has lifted the lid on her character Kerry Wyatt’s latest outrageous storyline twist. The show’s Christmas Eve

episode ended with a major surprise, as Kerry was revealed to have married Eric Pollard in a local registry office – although they quickly clarified that it was just part of a financial scam.

 

 

Jacob Gallagher and Sarah Sugden made the discovery after arriving at the venue for their own secret wedding. Jacob couldn’t believe that his grandfather had tied the knot with Kerry of all people, while Eric had his own gripes over Jacob’s plans to get hitched without him there.

In the coming days, there’s even more drama in store as Charity Dingle plots to throw a surprise wedding for Jacob and Sarah on New Year’s Day, after their first attempt was derailed by Kerry and Eric. Will it be second time lucky?

Here, Laura Norton – who plays Kerry – shares what’s going through her character’s mind as she faces the prospect of married life with Eric Pollard!

“That period of filming was the most fun I’ve had in ages, because obviously last year we did all of the limo stuff and I had to say goodbye to a few of the girls in the show that I loved. It was really bittersweet. Obviously it was an amazing piece of television, but this recent stuff was just great to get back to ‘old school Kerry’.

“Now Kerry is partnered with Eric and it’s like a duo that you shouldn’t put together, but for some reason it just works. They are in a situation that is so ridiculous, it’s all so incredibly funny. So I’ve loved it for several different reasons.”

Eric’s desperation to provide for Jacob has inspired the wedding, hasn’t it?

“Yes, Eric recently opened a bank account in Kerry’s name without asking her first. A lot of people would lose it and never speak to that person again or feel really betrayed. But Kerry is just like: ‘God, you should have just said, because I’m going to go one step further now and say we should do this’. That’s where you just go: ‘My God, she’s incredible’.

“There’s nobody else like her and you are constantly opening a bunch of scripts and going: ‘What is she doing now? She’s doing what?’ There is always funny stuff. Kerry has got a heart and she wants to do right by people, but she makes terrible decisions, so there always ends up being a bit of chaos left behind her. So it’s just really fun to play.”