Hollyoaks boss confirms huge spoilers with ‘boldest ever storyline’ | Soaps

It’s a daring step that no different cleaning soap has undertaken so I can supply nothing however kudos to Hollyoaks boss Hannah Cheers for not solely navigating large adjustments to a digital led transfer, together with large employees cuts and a whole change to schedules and storylines, but additionally grabbing fairly an formidable technique to kick off the brand new period – a time-jump by a 12 months.

Or, as one colleague calls it, Hollyoaks Season 2.

No matter you consider the idea, there’s no arguing that it’s going to be filled with main storylines for most of the present’s legends together with Mercedes McQueen (Jennifer Metcalfe), Cleo McQueen (Nadine Mulkerrin), Tony Hutchinso (Nick Pickard) and Frankie Osborne (Isabelle Smith) amongst others.

Sitting down with Metro.co.uk, Hannah greater than desperate to impart some intel – whereas additionally assuring that the time-jump is not only a gimmick; the lacking 12 months lend infinite alternatives for thriller, drip fed revelations and secrets and techniques and game-changing developments.

Under, one can find the mega teasers she shared with me and I get the impression that it’s simply scratching the floor.

I have to say it makes me optimistic – there clearly isn’t going to be a single uneventful episode.

Mercedes’ most cancers journey

‘I feel Mercedes is now in essentially the most authentic and boldest story we’ve ever advised together with her, coming from the character. She’s had fairly a 12 months, the hopeless romantic that she is, and her eternal quest for love, for the proper particular person for her and it hasn’t labored out. However she’s a mom at the start of two younger ladies and she will be able to’t make these errors once more.

‘Then what occurs is totally out of your management and takes over your life, and the way does it have an effect on your decision-making?

‘Mercedes everyone knows has at all times been a reckless, headstrong character who doesn’t actually give a s*** in regards to the penalties, acts first and thinks later. How does most cancers change that? Does it make you much more reckless and concern life much less, or does it do the other?  

‘There’s a love story that may begin to come ahead wherein we’ll see Mercedes able we’ve by no means seen her occupy in a narrative earlier than. Once more, it’s how a lot most cancers adjustments that and I feel that contemporary begin for Mercedes is vital and we’ll have loads of contemporary vitality.’  

Ste – what now after James’ dying?

‘Ste clearly has an entire new heap of tragedy to course of however with loads of new parts coming in that may drive him in his story. For Ste, the story that we see for the final a part of 2024 could be very a lot a conclusion of every part we’ve watched from January 2024.

‘We’ll see all of that come collectively and say “That is the place Ste’s at now.” There’s loads of intrigue across the story and hopefully we do some issues that are vital and properly positioned with him.’ 

Tony’s marriage breakdown

Tony, our Mr Hollyoaks, who’s Hollyoaks personified by way of the character kind he’s, has a brand new story the place he’s navigating a really actual and really troublesome scenario at house which I feel can be  actually relatable for lots of people.

‘Tony and Diane navigating the tip of that relationship or marriage – however is all of it actually over? My ambition for the story is to proceed within the vein we’ve been telling the Ro story. It’s type of visceral and actual. It’s like “What would you do?” It’s common, each guardian would really feel, “How would I reply to Ro as a guardian?”

‘And equally navigating divorce with youngsters, and new relationships and attempting to be an honest, honourable particular person on a regular basis is a quite common feeling amongst mother and father of that age. Hopefully that may actually resonate. And in addition give us loads of enjoyable alongside the best way, which is vital.’ 

Sienna – what occurred throughout that 12 months, and what are the results? 

Sienna has a really attention-grabbing 12 months forward. She’s clearly acquired new members of the family to discover the dynamics with and that’s nonetheless a household very a lot laden with secrets and techniques and new mysteries to be uncovered. On the similar time she has a brand new relationship, which I feel the viewers will take pleasure in.

Now that she’s acquired an actual household behind her, relationships get seen by a really totally different prism now that you just’ve acquired a father on the scene, and what do your sisters really feel? I might say the subsequent 12 months for Sienna is about Sienna as a member of that household.

It’s about blood line, it’s about is your future pre-destined, can you alter who you might be, can you alter the place you come from? Is there a way of inevitability about how her life will find yourself? Would issues be totally different if my mother and father weren’t my mother and father?

I feel it’ll be very divisive and I feel you’ll by no means fairly know what’s true and what isn’t, which I feel is thrilling. To have the ability to get to that time with Sienna in spite of everything these years…

‘I feel the factor about Sienna, for me, is that we don’t totally know Sienna. Even when we’ve acquired to a spot over the previous couple of years the place it’s like, “OK, we perceive who Sienna is now” – she’s ingratiated herself into society, acquired a job, she’s functioning – she’s nonetheless Sienna. She actually hasn’t modified.

‘That’s the factor I actually needed to come back again to. You by no means fairly know what’s actual and what isn’t actual and what’s happening under the floor.’  

Abe’s reign of terror as Cleo stays his hostage

‘I feel there’s been a very regular momentum from January within the story and I feel the engagement within the Cleo story, and the sentiments about Abe that intensified in latest weeks over the summer time which I’ve been very delighted with as a result of it’s acquired us to the proper level within the time bounce.

The reality in these relationships is that each time you assume it will get unhealthy it will get worse. That was the type of factor that was driving me a bit as a result of I believed, even once we assume it’s the tip of the story it isn’t the tip of the story. T

‘he factor I used to be actually eager on exploring with Abe was, usually there’s a method of telling these tales the place you’re rooting for the sufferer to be a survivor and to come back out and expose what’s occurred.

‘Then an inevitable endgame performs out the place they should get completed by the police and everybody thinks it’s a completed deal.

‘The reality of it’s there are such a lot of folks anecdotally the place they are saying, “We all know he knocked her round,” and no matter and it’s type of brushed underneath the carpet. It’s like a matter of opinion, and I feel that’s clearly utterly mistaken.

‘I needed to problem that and discover it and really a lot spotlight the “He mentioned, she mentioned” nature of those terrible points. Simply because Cleo’s uncovered her bruises and uncovered him to the household, doesn’t imply that carries any weight within the justice system or by way of how he may very well be prosecuted.  

‘With Cleo out of the image, what’s going to occur to Abe?  These folks get away with it for years and years and years. I needed to see what that appears like when he has acquired a mom that loves him and can forgive him endlessly.

‘He’s acquired members of the family that completely hate him, each time they see him on the street they yell and scream in his face. Nevertheless it doesn’t change the truth that he’s a free man in a position to stroll round that village and subsequently he can construct a brand new life for himself.

‘We are able to nonetheless do much more with this story and entrench these characters even deeper. There are different secrets and techniques about what went on within the 12 months that may begin to unfold.

The time-jump – so much occurred in that 12 months…

There are Easter eggs at each flip within the weeks and months to come back. It’s the factor we have been most enthusiastic about attempting to realize. It’s so thrilling at each level to go, “Grasp on, we’re saying that these two folks have this friendship, however what’s to say that this didn’t occur over there and what really occurred that we don’t learn about they usually haven’t advised anyone?”

‘There’s an entire vary of secrets and techniques, actually huge darkish stuff persons are hiding – some stuff that’s gossip and assumptions folks had about one another and realise they’re mistaken.

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‘Smaller issues, little mysteries, and greater issues that may dictate how the characters proceed within the present, how their lives have been modified by this 12 months.  

‘It’s been the perfect model narratively of what we’ve been in a position to do, it’s such a deal with.’

Frankie and JJ – not over

Hannah additionally began to inform us a bit about Frankie and JJ – the story will not be over and we’ll see a trial underway – however will Frankie get justice and the way will Darren, Nancy and the remainder of the household navigate these occasions. There’s additionally one other game-changing improvement which turns every part on its finish.

We don’t have verbatim quotes from her on this as a result of we have been interrupted by a contented rendition for the great Jennifer Metcalfe. And when there may be cake concerned, interviews are over. And rightfully so (it was very flavoursome and moist in case you’re questioning)

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