British Soap Awards 2019: Emmerdale’s Joe-Warren Plant and Louisa Clein look nothing like Jacob and Maya on red carpet
EMMERDALE stars Joe-Warren Plant and Louisa Clein looked a far cry from their characters Jacob and Maya as they arrived at the British Soap Awards this evening. The 17-year-old, who plays grooming victim Jacob, ditched his school boy look in favour of a brocade blazer and chinos. Louisa – who plays his paedo teacher Maya […]
EMMERDALE stars Joe-Warren Plant and Louisa Clein looked a far cry from their characters Jacob and Maya as they arrived at the British Soap Awards this evening.
The 17-year-old, who plays grooming victim Jacob, ditched his school boy look in favour of a brocade blazer and chinos.
Louisa – who plays his paedo teacher Maya – looked a far cry from the recently arrested character as she wore a sparkly green jumpsuit.
Joe missed out on the Best Young Actor award to EastEnders’ Kara-Leah Fernandes during tonight’s ceremony held in Manchester.
It will be Louisa’s last soap awards with Emmerdale as the 40-year-old is leaving the soap.
A source told The Sun: “Louisa’s had fans glued to their seats with her brilliant performance. They’ve been wondering what the future might hold for Maya and savouring the potential for her to continue to feature.
“But it seems they’ll be disappointed. Her arrest for grooming Jacob spelled the end of a chapter on the soap — for Louisa and Maya.”
Louisa previously admitted it has awkward playing the character because of the intimacy that’s been required between her and Joe-Warren but she has nothing but praise for her teenage co-star for the way he has handled the powerful plot.
Speaking to What’s On TV, Louisa – who has worked with children’s charity Barnardo’s to research the part – said: “It is difficult, but Joe Warren-Plant is a joy to work with and he’s so mature for his age. He’s been on the show for such a long time and has been working with adults since he was eight years old, so he’s very happy around adults. You wouldn’t necessarily pin him as 16 when you met him.
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“Of course it’s awkward, but the scriptwriters are very sensitive to that, as are the directors and producers. We’re all very conscious of not making it (the scenes) sexually titillating. Any form of intimacy doesn’t need to be sexy. It’s about the implied emotional intimacy, which is the creepy bit in a way.
“It’s got to be that way. And Barnardo’s were very happy when we told them the way we were going to play the story through.”
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