'EastEnders' star promises emotional scenes

EastEnders actress Nina Wadia has promised that there is an "emotional rollercoaster" ahead for the Masoods in the coming weeks.

The family return to the forefront of the Walford soap in next week's episodes as the Argee Bhajee roof collapse at Tamwar and Afia's engagement party leaves Syed (Marc Elliott)'s life hanging in the balance.

As revealed earlier this week, Wadia's character Zainab Masood will continue to snub Syed in the perilous situation, feeling unable to acknowledge him in public due to his relationship with Christian Clarke (John Partridge).

Speaking to Digital Spy about how the story unfolds after that, Wadia commented: "All I know at the moment is that there's a lot of tension and there's a lot of Zainab wanting things to be okay. Also, Christian says a few words to her that hit home - and Johnny Partridge is fantastic at that, he's got a real ability to make someone listen to him.

"So Zainab certainly has a few words said at her, and that makes her wake up to the fact that what she is doing is wrong. But whether or not they'll eventually get back together, even we don't know!"

She continued: "What we've got over the next six weeks, the writers have done superbly. It's a real emotional rollercoaster. I mean, we even made the cameramen cry and that really says something, because they've seen a lot of things on this show!

"So there is stuff coming up that is particularly heart-wrenching and I feel very, very lucky to be part of that whole storyline."

The roof collapse scenes air in next Tuesday's episode of the show.

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