Emmerdale star says castmate’s exit was heartbreaking

Olivia Bromley, who played Dawn Fletcher for eight years, was killed off in a shocking car crash episode that aired in Tuesday night’s episode.

Her character, the stepdaughter of Kim Tate, played by Claire King, died following a series of traumatic events on her wedding day to Joe Tate.

Claire King says Emmerdale star’s exit was “heartbreaking”

King said: “It was heartbreaking.

“But we did have a good laugh that week because we were all outside this massive marquee where we were doing all the the wedding stuff and car crash, and it’s all supposed to be tragic but we were all actually having a good life.

“We had some really nice people on on set that day.

“Great crew, and it was just a bit of camaraderie.

“But I could see as the days went on to the final day she was getting more and more sort of angst and things.”

The episode saw Jimmy King’s vehicle crash into the wedding marquee, trapping the newlyweds.

Dawn was rushed to hospital where she went into premature labour and gave birth to a baby boy.

Despite the efforts of hospital staff, she did not survive.

King said the loss was particularly difficult because Bromley was part of her “inner circle” on set.

Olivia Bromley speaks out about Emmerdale exit

In an interview with Digital Spy, Olivia opened up about how emotional it was to film her final scenes as Dawn.

She added how it was the producers’ choice to do the storyline and said how she would have been “too scared” too close the door entirely on the character herself. 

However, Olivia was very happy with her character’s ending and said “it was absolutely perfect” to allow her to go onto other projects. 

Olivia had been in Emmerdale for eight years but now wants to try out a range of new roles including a period drama. 

Emmerdale continues to air weekdays on ITV1 at 8pm with the episodes also being uploaded to the Emmerdale YouTube channel.

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