Yahoo News Waterloo Road stars tease aftermath of family tragedy
Waterloo Road season 14 spoilers follow.
Waterloo Road stars Kym Marsh and Hollie-Jay Bowes have explained their characters' different reactions to a recent, devastating death.
Marsh and Bowes play sisters Nicky Walters and Debs Rafferty on the BBC series. In a heartbreaking moment of the new season, the sisters lost their mum Barbara, who suffered a stroke and died hours after Nicky visited her at the hospital.
Weighing in on Nicky's response, Marsh said it'll be "quite interesting" in the aftermath.
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"They do react very differently to their mum's death," the star told Digital Spy and other press.
"I think it's no secret that Nicky is treated very differently to Debs in regards to their mum," she added. "Nicky was always very much seen as the one that looked down her nose at everyone. So I think because of that, she didn't have the same relationship with her mum as Debs did, and so how she reacts to her mum's death is quite interesting, really."
As for Bowes, she teased a softer side to Debs and some sweet moments of bonding between her and Nicky.
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"I think both of them are just trying their best to be really good parents through it as well, and I think you see a much softer side of Debs, which you don't usually see," she said. "And then you see a bit of a softer side to the sisters, which is obviously quickly demolished in true Waterloo Road style."
"I've got a lot of fun in this series coming up," she continued, adding that the new scenes are "going to be really fun for everybody".
"I get to bring my comedy bones out a little bit more, rather than shouting and fighting and screaming – although I do feel like we do that as well!"
Waterloo Road season 14 airs Tuesday nights at 8pm on BBC One, while all new episodes are available now on BBC iPlayer.
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