Yahoo News Emmerdale star Emma Atkins discusses possible killer twist for Charity
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Emmerdale star Emma Atkins has discussed how far her character Charity Dingle would be prepared to go as she tries to save her partner Mackenzie Boyd.
The show's Christmas week sees Charity track down missing Mack at the abandoned factory where Damon 'Harry' Harris is currently holding him captive.
Harry is taking revenge on behalf of his daughter Chloe, who was dumped by Mack a few weeks ago.
In next week's scenes, Charity creeps up on Harry just as he's preparing to shoot Mack with his gun. A scuffle follows between Charity, Mack and Harry, which culminates in a gunshot.
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Speaking to Digital Spy and other press about the scenes, Emma explained: "Charity doesn't know Mack has been kidnapped up until a certain point. She's blissfully unaware of what's going on.
"She just assumes that Mackenzie has gone off on a drunken night out with friends. They've had a huge argument and this keeps happening.
"The continuing domestic rows between them forced Mack to just go and Charity is like: 'You know what? You've gone too many times now. Forget it'. So then she wipes her hands of him.
"So there's that thing of: 'I don't care where you are, you can be out in the middle of town for all I care'. So obviously, she has no idea what's going on."
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She continued: "When Charity does know the truth, she goes on a mission with Chas, which is great. When she first spots Harry with Chloe in the village, she doesn't know who he is, but Chas explains that he's the guy who kidnapped her a few weeks ago.
"Then Charity's head starts to spin. She realises: 'Hang on, Mackenzie has been missing for a few days. This is not just a coincidence and if he's kidnapped you, what's he capable of?' She starts to think that must be where Mackenzie is and she wants Chas to come with her.
"Chas is having PTSD from her own experience, but Charity can't do it alone. They end up at this disused warehouse and they follow the noise. They go on this mission to try and locate Mackenzie and it's revealed that it's not a particularly pleasant experience at all."
Asked whether Charity would be prepared to kill to get Mack back safely, Emma laughed: "I guess you'll find out! I don't think it's in Charity's nature to kill anyone at all.
"But she potentially could and would, if that meant protecting people that she cares about. I think it's potentially in all of us – that thing to defend. But who knows?"
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