Patsy Kensit has confirmed that major scenes between her character Sadie King and Andrew Scarborough's Graham Foster are on the way in Emmerdale. Speaking about her alter-ego's upcoming storylines, the actress teased: 'I can't reveal too much but I had a really great scene with Andrew Scarborough who plays Graham Foster a couple of days ago in the village.'
Sadie's alliance with Joe Tate
Sadie has allied herself with Joe Tate (Ned Porteous), Graham's surrogate son, and has dedicated herself to destroying Caleb and Ruby Miligan (William Ash and Beth Cordingly) on his behalf. In exchange, she is receiving a hefty cash injection to help her return to her former bougie lifestyle.
'She needs money,' admits Patsy. 'I think that that is certainly driving her, it did last time too, she likes an affluent lifestyle, and so I think she wants that back.'
Jealousy and manipulation
It is not just her thirst for champagne and caviar driving her, but also jealousy. 'She also looks at Caleb and Ruby's marriage and it's painful for her because she would love what Ruby has,' Patsy explained.
Next week, Sadie steps up her manipulation by secretly spiking Ruby, who has decided to completely eliminate her alcohol consumption. In the Woolpack, Sadie turns her attention to Ross Barton (Michael Parr) and flirts with him mercilessly, eventually convincing him to dance, before swapping a tipsy Ruby in with precision timing as Caleb arrives and witnesses Ruby fall over on top of Ross.
'Ruby's had a few of these mocktails which have been spiked, so she's falling all over the place and Caleb comes into the pub because Sadie texts him to say, 'Listen, I think you should know…'' Patsy explains. 'He comes in and sees Ross and Ruby on the floor – Sadie's really manipulated him coming in there to try and damage their marriage.'
'Caleb has seen enough to think something happened between Ruby and Ross which Sadie doesn't correct him on. Sadie knows nothing happened, but she certainly doesn't set the record straight.'
Sadie's plan unfolds
Sadie's plan works: she beds Caleb, something Patsy says runs deeper than simple manipulation. 'I think Sadie is very much attracted to Caleb but I can't say whether that feeling is ever reciprocated.'
Caleb is left reeling when he learns that Ruby didn't go home with Ross, and soon Ruby smells a rat, realising that Sadie led him to believe that she did. When asked if Sadie can manipulate Ruby even further, Patsy confirmed: 'Absolutely, she's got a plan.'
Off-screen, Patsy is relishing her time with William and Beth. 'Will and Beth are brilliant,' she beamed. 'They are so kind, I've learned so much from them – it's been a joy, we've really got on, everyone's lovely. It's such a happy set and I am loving my time here. It's a really lovely show.'
