EastEnders’ Maddy Hill tells Soaplife why Nancy becomes convinced her mum’s doing the dirty on her dad with Dean...
Sharon plants the first seeds of doubt by revealing Linda kissed Dean, doesn’t she?
“Yes and Nancy’s really shocked - she would never ever expect that of her mum. She sees her mum as a lot of things, but not disloyal and definitely not a cheater. She’s taken aback. Her mum has always been utterly loyal to her dad.”
Does she believe Sharon (Letitia Dean) straight away?
“Why would Sharon make it up? She can’t think of a reason she would, so she has to believe it. Sharon has no ulterior motive.”
How does she feel towards her mum after it?
“She’s really angry and upset. Nancy is so close to her dad, she’s such a Daddy’s girl, so this is the ultimate betrayal.”
And how does she feel about Dean (Matt Di Angelo)?
“Absolutely venomous. She can’t stand him. She tried to welcome him into her family and he repays her by doing this!”
Do you think the fact that Mick lied to her about the Rainie situation has made this worse for her?
“Probably. It’s hit Nancy a little bit later than most that her parents aren’t infallible, they’re not perfect. When it’s one after the other it’s more hard hitting.”
Will she tell her dad, Mick (Danny Dyer)?
“She’s tempted to tell him, but she thinks it will do more harm than good and she wants to get to the bottom of what’s actually going on. She knows it will crush her dad and he’ll go nuts at Dean and that will be a lot to handle. So she has to measure the pros and cons before doing something rash.”
But then she sees Linda (Kellie Bright) and Dean together…
“That’s when she decides that they’re having a full blown affair. She’s not actually seen anything other than maybe a look which is Dean pining after Linda. But when you have an idea in your head, you fill it out and see things that aren’t even there. Nancy read it really wrong, though; it’s just Linda being awkward with Dean after what happened.”
And then she tells Mick?
“You’ll have to tune in and see! Nancy’s very angry so anything could happen. I can tell you that there’s going to be a major chink in the Carter armour that’s going to affect the whole family.”
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