Lucy Pargeter promises Emmerdale fans that there’s a lot of drama to come
Emmerdale star Lucy Pargeter has warned fans to have their ‘hands on their knickers’ as the ITV soap airs the limo crash that will see at least 16 villagers in danger.
Lucy joined the soap in 2002 to take on the role of Chastity “Chas” Dingle, and also appeared in the 2010 spin-off film, The Dingles: For Richer, For Poorer. In recent episodes, she’s reignited her relationship with Dr. Liam Cavanagh after he comforted her when she became worried her breast cancer was returning.
On New Year’s Eve, Emmerdale teased fans with what to expect in 2025 with five harrowing flashforwards. One showed a body bag thrown into the river, another with Caleb flatlining, someone trapped beneath the ice, Mackenzie running through the woods and Cain standing at someone’s graveside.
While viewers have assumed the body bag is linked to Anthony Fox being murdered, it appears that they’re now about to find out who could be trapped under the ice and why Caleb is fighting for his life.
It’s been confirmed that Cain, Caleb, Bear, Paddy, Mackenzie, Matty, Sam, Liam, Chas, Kerry, Leyla, Suzy, Amy, Vanessa, Charity and Mandy are all potentially at risk. While the soap has said that there will be two limos that crash in separate instances, viewers will have to wait and see which one gets trapped in the icy lake.
Speaking of the horror crash, Lucy shared: “I’m really excited. I think it’s going to come out of the blue. They are a series of episodes that don’t stop. There are so many people involved.
“There are so many storylines in there and there is so much that happens in every single scene that I’m just hoping that they’ve got their hands on their knickers and that they are ready for a ride!”
Unbeknownst to Chas, Liam is behind the whole night as he makes plans to propose to her after receiving Aaron’s blessing. Liam ends up buying most of the raffle tickets in the hope he’ll win a night in the limo, but when Kerry wins instead he tasks Suzy with finding another limo. As one limo is used for a boys’ night out and the other for the girls’, it seems as though Liam’s plans are thwarted at every turn.
Lucy admitted: “I think it’s all very new. As she’s not been out of her marriage for very long. She’s very, very quick to jump from relationship to relationship. And I think she’s quite happy the way things are going and that it’s quite slow and it’s quite a slow burner. I don’t think she is expecting him to take that next step.”
She continued: “I think he should probably take the hint. Bless. She’s not quite ready yet. I don’t think they’re at that stage. It’s only very, very early days. He’s very eager.”
Emmerdale airs on weekdays at 7:30pm on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX.
