Emmerdale star Emma Atkins has warned that her scheming character Charity Dingle will "play the long game" as she sets her sights on her old flame Cain.
Charity was harbouring strong feelings for Cain when she bowed out from the ITV soap last year, but don't expect her to make a play for him too quickly.
Viewers will see Charity arrive back in the village tomorrow (March 10) after being released from prison. Needing support from Cain and his wife Moira, she decides that it's best not to rock the boat - for now.
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Emma Atkins on This Morning
Speaking on ITV's This Morning today, Atkins explained: "I think she was going to pursue him immediately on exit of prison, but she decides to play the long game.
"They're a great close-knit [couple] now, Moira and Cain. And I think they're brilliant together as well. So I was kind of hoping they wouldn't immediately have Charity on his heels. So I think it's going to be a long-burn."
On Charity's connection to Ross Barton - the father of her baby son Moses - she continued: "He's just great for some wheeler-dealering, I think. They kind of have a love-hate relationship."
Atkins was on maternity leave throughout 2015 after becoming a mum to baby boy Albert, her first child. Her pregnancy was only announced after Charity had been jailed, preserving the top-secret storyline twist.
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Emma Atkins on This Morning
"It was all kept a little secret, which was fun to do actually," Atkins said today. "It was quite hard at times, when I felt thoroughly pregnant! I think I left at about 7 months, so it was fine actually and we managed to do it. But at the time I was thinking: 'How's it going to work?'
"I told them [early], because I had lots of stunts with Jason Merrells. His character wanted to kill my character, so that all had to be sorted out with stunt co-ordinators. I was secretly a bit frightened because I was pregnant, but the stunt co-ordinators were brilliant so it was fine."
Discussing her year off, she added: "I loved it. But I've loved coming back. I've been dying to get back into the job."
Emmerdale airs Charity's return tomorrow (March 10) at 7pm and 8pm on ITV.
By Daniel Kilkelly, Digital Spy
http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emme...game-for-cain/
Video: "Emmerdale's Emma Atkins On Charity's Return | This Morning", 9 March 2016, 4m 48s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE3sehHymYM
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