Sam Womack: 'I'm acting as if I'm really pregnant'

Sam Womack: 'I'm acting as if I'm really pregnant'
Sam Womack: 'I'm acting as if I'm really pregnant' (Image credit: BBC ONE)

EastEnders' Samantha Womack tells Soaplife her fingers are crossed nothing will prevent Ronnie’s big day What kind of wedding is Ronnie having? "She’s always been no-nonsense, but Roxy gets involved and is planning fireworks. She brings out Ronnie’s romantic side and she gets swept up in it." Does the fact that Kat’s renewing her vows with Alfie on the same day have anything to do with it? "A bit. Kat says something to Ronnie that gets her back up and she gets competitive. She and Kat are sizing each other up with these enormous bumps. Ronnie tells Roxy to go and get fireworks, white carriages and ice sculptures. ‘We’re going to put on a show,’ she says." Why is Roxy paying for the wedding? "She wants Ronnie to have the frills she and Jack can’t afford. But it turns out nor can Roxy, only she doesn’t realise until her bank card is refused. Apparently Jack’s care worked out at about £10,000 a day. They’re heading for disaster, but Ronnie’s just rolling with it because she’s got her man. That’s all that matters." If Roxy ruins her big day, would Ronnie forgive her? "She could forgive Roxy anything. This goes back to their childhood when they’d sleep together as spoons. It was them against the world..." How is Ronnie’s pregnancy going? Are you enjoying it? "I love being pregnant. I’ve started to act as if I’m really pregnant. In real life I’m banned from breeding!" Is there a chance it might be the baby that creates the wedding drama? "New Year will be the baby saga. I hope it will be OK. It would be nice to see Ronnie happy... for a bit."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.