Corrinne Wicks: 'I love Ella's naughty side'

Corrinne Wicks has revealed that she is enjoying exploring her Emmerdale character's "naughty" side in her latest storyline.

The actress's alter ego Ella Hart has been tipped to cause chaos in the village in the coming months as she embarks on an affair with a toyboy.

Speaking to All About Soap about the upcoming plot, Wicks explained: "I love playing Ella and I like this naughty side to her. I also hope we start to see her vulnerable side as well, because she does have her reasons for behaving this way.

"Kim Tate was such a great Emmerdale vixen - it would be great to be like her!"

Ella's toyboy storyline is expected to begin in the next few weeks when she starts flirting with Adam Barton, who is dating her daughter Mia and has been hired by her partner Declan as a new Home Farm employee.

"I don't think it's as cold and calculating as Ella starting to seduce Adam and she hasn't planned it as such," Wicks said. "She just falls into it. She's been drinking too much and is rattling around alone in that big house. She's bored and Adam's a young, handsome lad."

She added: "Ella sees a lot of the young Declan in Adam. Ella is attracted to Adam and the idea of a toyboy appeals to her, but then again, I think it would appeal to most people! I don't think she's going to fall head over heels - she just sees him as a pleasant distraction."

Wicks joined the cast of Emmerdale last autumn.

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