It’s all gone wrong for Amy and Jacob, we’re gutted, and it’s all thanks to Damon. What did Amy think when he first appeared on the scene and Jacob wanted nothing to do with him? Did she find that weird?
Initially, I think she was a bit confused with the whole situation, Jacob was very dismissive and she just wanted to work out how she could best help Jacob because at the end of the day he is her priority. She thought she could possibly help mend their relationship, that he was maybe holding back all these feelings rather than being open.
And when she initially met Damon, she thought he was genuine didn’t she, little did she know…
She thought he was charming, definitely. He's very good at wooing people and bringing them in. He's got this appeal when you meet him and when he starts buying cocktails, talking of holidays, his elusive business, Amy thinks maybe he's here to make amends. And I think Amy feels for Damon, I think she sees that he's clearly trying to make an effort with his son, understands what he's done wrong and genuinely wants to make amends. So Amy warmed to him quite quickly.
Although Amy’s family can be slightly dysfunctional, she does have a lot of family around her, whereas Jacob has no one, do you think that made her want to see the best in Damon?
Amy has a very strong trait of wanting to help people, that's one of the reasons she got close to Jacob, because she saw the good in him. In the past when she was with Tyler she again saw the good in him. So with Damon she does recognise some good in him and is leaning more towards what he could become and the relationship that he could have with Jacob. So I think she was very much reliant on those possibilities when she was forming her opinion of Damon. A lot of it was about her wanting what she has for Jacob because she's got such a great family and such a big support network around her. I think that for her to see Jacob’s dad wanting to come back into his life made her want to grab the opportunity with both hands.
She did really love Jacob didn’t she, tell us about how you thought their relationship was progressing?
She was head over heels with Jacob. They clicked instantly when they got together and I think that love has just progressed more and more. Through them living together and forming this close knit group of friends with Aaron and Summer, it just made Jacob and Amy get even closer because of that whole fun element of them living together like a proper little family. I think Amy really saw a genuine future with Jacob, they’ve both given up so much to be together, he’s changed so much for her and put in so much effort for her that she just doesn’t understand why he’s gone back to his past life.
It’s so sad because we the viewer know that isn’t the case, how did you feel reading the storylines and playing it out on screen?
Oh I was absolutely gutted, I was tearing up reading the scripts because Jack is genuinely one of my best mates, I literally met up with him yesterday, I love him. He’s an absolutely brilliant actor and I think to get to work with your best friend all the time is just an absolute godsend. He brought so much to the show, I think he’ll be really missed.
So how does Amy feel when she’s suddenly confronted by the fact that it looks like Jacob’s dealing drugs again?
Her world has just been torn apart, everything that she thought she knew about him has suddenly gone and it makes her question everything. She doesn't know how long it's been going on for because she's only just caught and that makes her question all of her own judgement about everything. She's let him into her life and into her heart, she thought he'd made all these changes and then suddenly to have it thrown back in her face is a massive, massive shock to the system. Obviously the viewers know that isn't Jacob, and the changes he made for her were genuine, but Amy doesn't know that. He’s left with her none the wiser, presuming this is all his doing, so it feels like the ultimate betrayal. In her eyes I don't know what worst thing Jacob could have done because it feels like their whole relationship has been a lie.
Do you think she'll want to find him and make it work with him? Or do you think with this sort of betrayal that's it for Amy?
I think there's always going to be love for Jacob because he was her first proper love. He's all she’s known for the last year so I think for Amy to just give that up is going to be so so difficult. I don’t think she’ll be able to just forget about him, but I don't know whether in the future that means that she would be able to forgive him and have a relationship because of the betrayal. It may be she just has to live with these feelings of missing him and what they could have had.
Do you think it will change her?
I think she'll be more cautious of men, she's not an idiot and she's not someone to have the wool pulled over her eyes so for this to have happened to her I think her guard is going to be pushed straight up. She's not going to take any rubbish off anybody because she's been hurt now, Jacob has properly hurt her and I think it's going to take a lot for her to put her heart back out there because he's crushed her.
Have you enjoyed building this relationship between them over the last year? They’ve become really popular with the viewers, they were nominated for best onscreen partnership at the Inside Soap Awards. Is that something you’ve enjoyed working on?
Oh, we've loved it, we’ve absolutely loved it, working with your best mate and him being . your on screen partner you just couldn't ask for anything better. I think in terms of relationship partners. Jack has been so good to work with, he's always been there for me, whenever we've had intimate scenes we've always spoken about them beforehand to make sure we're both comfortable and happy with it. To have a scene partner who you genuinely bounce off makes life so much easier. I think that's why it comes across so well on screen because I think the viewers can see that we obviously click and it makes that on screen chemistry just so much more real. We've also been massively helped by the writing because me and Jack have both said that the writing for us has just been brilliant. They’re an unlikely pairing between Amy and Jacob because they are so different but weirdly they work and I think that's what people like.
Are you enjoying the scope for playing these more mature storylines now Amy is growing up after many years in the show?
Yeah, definitely, I think that's the brilliant thing that soaps do, to be a young performer yet still get given these huge opportunities as you get older now is just brilliant. To have these opportunities presented to you is so greatly appreciated and it's such a privilege to be able to be trusted to handle these bigger storylines. There’s a lot more to come for Amy this year and I feel very privileged as a younger actor to be able to show that we can be just as capable as the other actors in the show to handle these brilliant storylines.
Are you excited for what's to come for you as an actress?
I'm excited for me as an actress, I think it's going to be so so interesting. It's all about having these new opportunities to show what you can do, which is one of the most exciting things about working in soaps which you maybe don’t get in other jobs. I think in soaps you can make your character what they are and then have so many different directions that they can go in, it’s just brilliant.
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Think it's a shame that Jacob's gone...I had really grown to like the guy. should have been Summer who headed off..maybe to UNI????
ReplyDeleteI agree. I really liked him and I think Jacob and Amy, made a lovely couple, and could see a future for them, but I guess this is soapland, and that doesn't happen. I just hope he comes back in the future, so he can explain and redeem himself. At least Nick knows the truth.
DeleteI would've liked to see Summer head out rather than Jacob. He was a brilliant actor and he and Amy were perfect together. Like salt and pepper.
DeleteI am gutted. A good character like Jacob is written out, when boring ones like Summer are given ever more stories. Would be great if Damon got rumbled and Jacob came back. But the writers probably want yet another "Nick and Leanne in peril" storyline.
ReplyDeleteThe actor who plays Jacob was written out because he wanted to leave the show. He could return in the future.
ReplyDeleteDamon probably will get rumbled, but it'll probably drag on!