Natalie J Robb 'no fan' of bad boy characters

Natalie J Robb 'no fan' of bad boy characters
Natalie J Robb 'no fan' of bad boy characters (Image credit: PA Archive/Press Association Ima)

Natalie J Robb's Emmerdale has admitted she is not a fan of bad boys in real life - which is more than can be said for her screen alter ego Moira. Viewers have seen her character embark on an affair with troubled Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) following the death of her husband John earlier this year in a car accident. However Natalie told Reveal magazine her own tastes in men were very different. "I know women who have tried to change a man and that's never a good idea," the actress said. "If anything, it's been men who have tried to change me. They seem to like my impulsiveness to begin with and then after a while they just want to stay in, but I will still want to go rock climbing and travelling. I think men grow old quicker than women." Natalie, who is single, added she was open to offers if the right man were to come along - but admitted she wasn't that easy going when it came to the opposite sex. "I'm very fussy and when you're working hard, you don't get the chance to meet a lot of people," she said. "If I met someone and took a shine to them I would be open to something."

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.