Hollyoaks star eyes up EastEnders role as Elaine’s ‘evil’ sister saying ‘I”d love it’
Loose Women legend Sherrie Hewson has opened up about her exit from Hollyoaks after her character Martha Blake was killed off by her serial killer son Jez Blake
Harriet Thorpe plays Elaine Peacock in EastEnders(Image: CREDIT LINE:BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)
Sherrie Hewson is eyeing up a potential stint on EastEnders following her character’s shocking demise on Hollyoaks this week.
The Loose Women favourite, 75, portrayed Martha Blake on the Channel 4 soap for 17 months before meeting her brutal end at the hands of serial killer son Jez Blake (Jeremy Sheffield).
Reflecting on her final scenes, which were broadcast last week, Sherrie revealed: “It was quite spectacular, unexpected and it was horrific more than anything else.”
The actress previously brought Maureen Holdsworth to life in Coronation Street between 1993 and 1997, returning briefly in 2006, and also played Lesley Meredith in Emmerdale from 2004 to 2006.
Sherrie Hewson played Martha Blake in Hollyoaks(Image: Lime Pictures)
Yet Sherrie hasn’t dismissed the possibility of making her debut in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, reports the Mirror.
Discussing a potential appearance in Albert Square, Sherrie told Reach PLC: “I’m not sure who I’d play but they can write anything can’t they.”
She added: “My mate Harriet Thorpe is in that, she plays Elaine [Peacock] who I love, so I’d love to go in as her sister or an evil something or other and be really horrible to her.
The actress has previously appeared in Corrie and Emmerdale(Image: ITV)
“I’d love to do that with Harriet because we’re really good friends, that would be something I’d like to do.”
This comes after Sherrie expressed her belief that older television audiences are being dismissed as “coffin dodgers” and called for greater representation of mature performers on screen.
She lamented: “Today’s TV so often chases the young and forgets the rest but for many of us, the joy of great television has always been simple – you just watch a show and you laugh, or you don’t. Funny is funny.
Sherrie expressed her belief that older television audiences are being dismissed as “coffin dodgers”
“Look at the adverts on television, you never see older people in adverts unless they’re in a funeral parlour or a cremation or life insurance. It’s like we’re being treated like coffin dodgers or something.”
Besides her stints on some of Britain’s most beloved soaps, Sherrie also brought to life the character of Joyce Temple Savage in Benidorm and was a familiar face on the Loose Women panel.