Natalie said that she spent a day filming the scenes underwater in a swimming pool, which meant she had to hold her breath, wear a wetsuit with weights and clothes while swimming after she falls through the ice in the soap.
I think I did just naturally start to stay down there for longer.” Natalie said that she was able to get some oxygen from the divers when the shot was focussing elsewhere as an arm appeared in the lake, which is speculated to belong to Nate Robinson’s (Jurell Carter) – who previously left the soap.
Natalie said that her character dying in hospital was “just so sad”, as she recalled what it was like to film those scenes.
She told the PA news agency: “Then once she has died, she’s got scenes with Matty and (mother) Kerry (Wyatt, played by Laura Norton), and they’re like, lying with them on the bed, like chatting away to her.
I was like, oh goodness, we’ll go again on that one, please.” Natalie added that the episode is more of a “tearjerker” than Wednesday’s instalment, which saw Amy having a fit in hospital, and left her partner “inconsolable” watching it.
