Yahoo News Emmerdale's Isabel Hodgins opens up about filming "exposing" rape scenes
Emmerdale's Isabel Hodgins has opened up about her character's rape scenes.
Victoria Barton has been dealing with a harrowing storyline where she discovers she's pregnant after being raped and decides to keep her baby.
Speaking on Loose Women, Isabel spoke about how she found the difficult scenes, and admitted she hadn't really had the opportunity to do any real crying scenes on the soap.
"I feel like it's been limited, but this time you can't the vain about it, you have to give it all," she said.
"I remember when it was the bit between the flashback and finding out that she had been raped I said I wanted to look as awful as you can possibly make me.
"When it was telling Moira and everything and the crying, I've worked there a long time and I love all the crew, it was so exposing."
She continued: "Afterwards when he said cut, I just threw a blanket over my head. They asked what's going on and I said 'I'm embarrassed'.
"You just have to give yourself over to it. It's been challenging for me in terms of acting."
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Isabel also revealed how it was decided what to show of her attack, considering Emmerdale is on before the 9pm watershed.
"We had to negotiate that how we were going to do it, and get the message across it was a brutal horrendous attack but within the watershed," she said.
Emmerdale currently airs weeknights at 7pm on ITV, with extra episodes at 8pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Rape Crisis England and Wales works towards the elimination of all forms of sexual violence and sexual misconduct. If you’ve been affected by the issues raised in this story, you can access more information on their website or by calling the National Rape Crisis Helpline on 0808 802 9999. Rape Crisis Scotland’s helpline number is 08088 01 03 02.
Readers in the US are encouraged to contact RAINN, or the National Sexual Assault Hotline on 800-656-4673.
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