Emmerdale couple torn apart as star teases relationship breakdown
ok.co.ukEmmerdale actress Olivia Bromley, who plays Dawn Fletcher, has revealed more about her upcoming storyline which sees baby Evan diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
Dawn and Billy Fletcher (played by Jay Kontzle), receive the news after a bruise is found on Evan and he’s taken to hospital. “Basically, Evan has a fall and they take him to hospital and he gets brought home,” Olivia explained. “But then Billy and Dawn notice more bruises, which is unexpected.
When they go back to hospital, initially their worry is that as a couple they deal with social services a lot. But actually it turns out Evan has leukaemia and bruising is one of the symptoms.” Olivia teased that Evan’s diagnosis will affect the whole family going forward, but Billy and Dawn in particular. “What’s quite draining to film is the relationship between Dawn and Billy, which is very strained,” explained Olivia. “They’ve always been a massive support for each other – but what has felt heavy is they are pulling apart and really going for each other.
So that’s a difficult element. “The last block has been really intense, there’s lots of hospital scenes, and we’re trying to put ourselves in that headspace for a long period of time.
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