Emmerdale’s Claire King says Kim Tate was not based on Dynasty star Alexis
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breakingnews.ieEmmerdale’s Claire King has said her Kim Tate character was not based on Dame Joan Collins’s “classic soap bitch” Alexis Carrington.
Scheming Kim is regarded as one of the best villains in British soaps, thanks in part to her dysfunctional marriage to businessman Frank and her strained relationships with stepchildren Chris and Zoe.
Her original spell in Emmerdale, from 1989 to 1999, had her involved in some of the show’s biggest storylines, including affairs, a faked death and blackmail.
Kim’s ruthless nature led to comparisons to Dame Joan’s Alexis in glamorous US soap Dynasty. Alexis often ranks as among the greatest villains in US TV.
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