Catherine Tyldesley Interview: Eva's baby, Aidan and Adam

In the days leading up to this week she has started to have doubts about the pact. Has she always had doubts?

She went into it with a very genuine heart, her and Toyah have developed this really strong bond and relationship. And she genuinely felt sorry for Toyah and she thought she could absolutely deal with it. But as we know, and as the viewers know, Eva has got a big heart and things are going to be extremely difficult for her. She is still in love with Aidan, as much a she tries to deny it. She does still love him, and it is their baby so at the same time she is wracked with guilt.

She thought this was the ideal solution was she being very naive?

Yes she is not the brightest of girls, and she never thinks about the consequences, at that moment she thinks 'oh my god' this is the ideal solution. Toyah can have the baby, she will get her life back and hopefully get back with Adam and she just didn’t question the consequences.

Toyah was probably naive too about the whole thing?

Yes they were both naive and desperate, that is the key word here desperate. They are both looking for something and this sounds like the ideal solution when in fact it is anything but.

She signs the lease on the cottage this week, is moving away worrying her?

She has been putting it off but it is getting to the point that she can’t hide this bump any more or play it off as the heartbreak diet. She also is finding it incredibly difficult to be on the street because of Aidan and Adam and she now realises that the best thing to do is go to the cottage. But she is very dubious about it because she is not good on her own, she has always needed a boyfriend or a mum or a sister and she will be in the middle of nowhere. She is very needy so she is worried about it.

The midwife starts talking about the importance of the father’s involvement is that when she realises the significance of what she is doing? 

When she mentions the father’s involvement Eva looks round the room at all these couples and sees them getting ready for what should be the most important moment in their lives and she suddenly realises she is robbing Aidan of the chance to be there should he wish to be there, he will never get to hold her, sing to her and do all the things that dads are supposed to do and that overwhelms her at that point. That is the big hearted Eva that comes through, she cares about other people, she grew up without a dad and that is another key part of this.

Toyah talks to her as she realises something is not right with Eva. What does she say?

Toyah is totally genuine she is a very genuine person and she hates ying as much as Eva does and she wouldn’t behave like this if she wasn’t so desperate to be a mum. She also went through the whole wedding scenario with Eva and saw how in love and how desperate she was when she found out about the affair. She really cares about Eva and she realises that although they had this plan Eva should go for it with Aidan if she thinks it could work out.

Do you think Toyah has got that weight of that lie too?

The pair of them are riddled with guilt, they are lying to Peter and Aidan and those men don’t deserve that.

Do you think Eva should tell Aidan? 

Yes 100% if I was her friend I would never have let her go this far in the first place. But it has taken Eva this long she knew she loved him, she has been suppressing it, she hasn't let those feelings in, every time she has thought about him she has just pushed it to one side. Over time and because she is carrying his baby it has overwhelmed her and made her realise how much she does care for him and if I was her friend I would be saying you have got to give this a go, and that is exactly what Toyah says to her.

Do you think that she did care for Adam or was she using him to get rid o the Aidan feelings?

She did care for him, he ticked a box at that time, he was very much the Prince Charming character and she needed that at that time and it seemed to work. She was so needy and she had such a bad time of it and when she told Adam that she loved him it wasn’t in the same way she had felt about Aidan.

Do you think Aidan is her soul mate?

Yes I do and this whole year has just been horrific for both of them, they have both made mistakes and they should really just sit down and talk.

Do you think Eva would make a good mum?

Yes I do think she would be, a slightly ditzy mum but a good one nonetheless. She would be loads of fun and she would cherish a ittle baby.

Do you think she could cope as a single mum?

Her mum did that and she has got that strength from her mum, I just don’t think she has the self belief and the thought of being a single mum overwhelms her it’s just not something that she thinks she could do.

Why did she not want the baby in the beginning?

It was fear, she was terrified, she was on her own, she was carrying Aidan’s baby and she has not recovered from the events of the wedding, it was such a huge betrayal and a huge event and she couldn’t see a way out of it. She was so hurt and felt alone. If only she had spoken to Leanne first and not Toyah it would be a very different story.

Do you like the dynamic with the three sisters?

I absolutely love it, I love working with Jane and Georgia they are fantastic actresses, the characters just work so well because they are so different, I love the comedy between Toyah and Eva and their differences. Toyah is very much natural and earthy and Eva is anything but, there is a lot of comedy to be had here and it works. Leanne is also like the mother g=figure and they all care for each other very much.

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