Hollyoaks icon Anna Passey confirms long-term Sienna Blake and Cleo McQueen romance

What a twelvemonth it has been for Anna Passey truthful far! The Hollyoaks queen has been astatine the centre of a fig of storylines, including the aftermath of Ethan’s death, the nonaccomplishment of Dilly successful devastating circumstances and present she has been pulled into the extremity of Abe Fielding too!

But that’s not all! Fans were taken aback by a curveball which saw her turn adjacent to erstwhile force Cleo McQueen (Nadine Mulkerrin) aft they worked unneurotic to effort and bring abuser Abe to justice.

What followed was comforting words from Sienna who has been down the full covering up deaths and taking revenge rodeo before. The caller recovered enslaved led to a passionate buss successful the vigor of the moment.

Here, successful a chat with Metro, she tells maine precisely wherever the communicative mightiness beryllium going, her praise for Hollyoaks embracing sexuality fluidity and however overmuch information her alter-ego mightiness beryllium successful from her murderous dada Jez (Jeremy Sheffield).

Buckle up, Sienna’s chaotic beingness isn’t going to get immoderate little truthful successful coming months!

You’ve been done specified a rollercoaster connected surface recently, what was each that similar to film? 

When I archetypal picked up the scripts I was expecting… not that! When you’re not successful a communicative you ticker it arsenic a spectator and you don’t cognize what’s coming up with it, truthful I wasn’t expecting to transverse implicit astatine all.

So erstwhile I got the publication and work everything with Cleo, I was excited to beryllium joining their story.  

They ever negociate to support things caller with Sienna, was it bully for you for this communicative to travel along? 

Definitely. Since we jumped to the 3 episodes, we’ve seen a batch much of the assemblage and radical jumping successful and retired of each other’s lives which I deliberation is truly great.

I bask moving that way. In soap radical thin to instrumentality to their small groupings truthful it’s bully to beryllium capable to signifier relationships and leap into different people’s storylines, it keeps things exciting. It’s superb erstwhile you get characters who person existed successful the colony for years and you get thing caller and caller retired of combining caller characters together.  

Sienna has crossed paths with Cleo earlier but not successful specified a bully way. What’s it similar moving with Nadine now?  

I don’t cognize what’s incorrect with my memory, I couldn’t adjacent retrieve doing scenes together. Nadine reminded maine of each the worldly we did implicit Joel mode backmost when.

From an acting perspective, Nadine is 1 of my favourites. I emotion everything she’s done and she’s ever connected my privation database of radical I’d privation to person scenes with. I emotion the quality of Cleo and weirdly I deliberation determination are a batch of similarities of vulnerability successful them astatine antithetic points of their lives.

They’ve been done a batch individually and they’re portion of large families that person tons of stories going connected truthful it was truly bully to perceive that I would get immoderate worldly with Nadine.  

How did you respond erstwhile you recovered retired astir Cleo and Sienna? Were you connected committee consecutive away?  

It was wild! Absolutely not what I was expecting. If you’d person asked maine a database of things that were connected the cards for Sienna, I don’t deliberation that would person featured. It was a large astonishment but I was consecutive connected committee with it due to the fact that weirdly it benignant of makes consciousness to me.

When we saw Sienna with Summer successful a erstwhile relationship, it wasn’t that Sienna was changing her preferences oregon thing similar that, with Sienna it’s each astir the person.

When Summer came into her beingness it didn’t substance that she was pistillate – and that astir of Sienna’s different partners person been antheral – she conscionable recovered thing successful this idiosyncratic that she connected with. I perfectly believed successful that narration wholeheartedly and I deliberation the aforesaid happening happened here.

With everything Cleo has been done and wherever Sienna is successful her beingness – she’s not unsocial but she’s feeling lonely and isolated. She’s been integrating with her household and she didn’t realise determination was this full past with Martha, Jez and Patrick.

Suddenly she finds herself successful this concern that she’s not definite however she got into and she can’t archer anyone and with Cleo being mistrusting of people, these characters are successful a bubble wherever they realise that cipher other tin subordinate to what they’re going done – the infinitesimal Sienna goes into the bathroom, Cleo gets it and she sees Cleo.

She thinks: ‘I can’t archer you what I’ve been going done but I spot wherever you are close present and it’s precisely however I consciousness inside’. This transportation betwixt the 2 of them has travel astir due to the fact that of the concern that they’re successful and they look into each other’s eyes and spot thing there. 

Is Sienna intimidated by the information she’s showing vulnerability oregon is it a alleviation for her that she’s recovered idiosyncratic she tin unfastened up to? 

I deliberation it’s a alleviation for her. I deliberation she thinks truthful highly of Cleo. Cleo is galore of the things Sienna wishes she could be. Cleo has a purity astir her – she is simply a bully idiosyncratic and she chooses the close happening erstwhile Sienna usually chooses the incorrect thing.

Sienna tin spot a satellite wherever she could person been much similar Cleo and she truly holds her successful precocious regard, contempt the occupation they’ve had successful the past. She is axenic bosom and that truly attracts her.

It’s a alleviation to look astatine idiosyncratic and deliberation you’re not going to justice me, and I’m not going to justice you. They get each different successful a satellite wherever no-one other perchance could, and I deliberation that’s a immense alleviation for Sienna.  

Would you similar for them to embark connected a relationship?  

I americium a immense instrumentality of it! When Sienna gets a spouse successful the colony I ever think: ‘Is this idiosyncratic bully for her? We’re going to get the story, but – arsenic a quality – are they a bully match?’ and I deliberation Cleo is simply a resounding yes.

She would beryllium truthful bully for Sienna and they’d bring retired the champion successful her. I deliberation immoderate of Sienna’s erstwhile partners person been astatine their champion erstwhile Sienna has been astatine her worst and vice versa truthful I would emotion for it to beryllium a thing.  

The absorption consecutive distant has been precise beardown – are you acceptable for it? 

I wasn’t definite with this, if I’m honest, however the viewers would respond. I cognize the viewers emotion Cleo and she’s a treasure and they besides truly get down Sienna so, individually, I cognize these 2 characters are truly loved by the viewership and determination is simply a beardown proposition that they would beryllium liked together.

But my interest was that Cleo has been done truthful much. Sienna, erstwhile she’s successful her champion state, is truthful caring. She has a large bosom and if we get that broadside of her with Cleo, I deliberation it’ll beryllium a beauteous thing. But my fearfulness with the fans was that they’d beryllium thinking: ‘Cleo has been through truthful much, she cannot instrumentality Sienna arsenic well!’ [laughs].

If they’d possibly consciousness a spot protective implicit Cleo’s intelligence authorities close present but that’s not been the lawsuit astatine all. I’m rather amazed really astatine however supportive the fans person been consecutive retired of the gross but I accidental they cognize these 2 characters precise good truthful they tin spot what I spot successful it.  

The fans bash basal for Sienna, don’t they? They bash privation her to beryllium happy?  

They bash and I deliberation that comes from being capable to spot someone, and I deliberation radical bash spot Sienna – adjacent though she gets it incorrect an atrocious batch and finds herself successful immoderate precise unfortunate situations.

She responds precise severely successful the infinitesimal and not ever making the decisions you should marque but I bash consciousness similar the fans spot that determination is goodness successful her, she’s conscionable a merchandise of being dealt a precise atrocious manus successful life.

They bash basal for her and we cognize Cleo truthful good truthful I bash deliberation the assemblage would emotion for them to beryllium together. Warren wounded Sienna a batch and Ethan wounded Sienna a batch – I don’t deliberation we tin ideate a satellite wherever Cleo would wounded Sienna.

In that sense, there’s a definite information to it and that’s a truly beauteous thing. So possibly that’s wherefore the fans person travel unneurotic and are rooting for this romance.  

Are you gladsome that Hollyoaks is exploring this taxable of fluid sexuality – it’s truthful fluid successful existent beingness for truthful galore radical truthful are you gladsome that Hollyoaks is truthful bully with representation?  

It makes maine consciousness truly arrogant due to the fact that you don’t ever spot it. I deliberation what’s truthful bully with Sienna, is however bash you enactment a statement connected her? People are so complex. In the comments you see: ‘Is this idiosyncratic bi now? Is this idiosyncratic gay?’.

The amusement doesn’t consciousness the request to statement that, it’s conscionable allowing it to beryllium what it is. I deliberation that’s going to beryllium appreciated by a batch of people. It’s a unusual happening to privation to enactment radical into organised boxes due to the fact that however galore radical really acceptable into it? It’s capable that we tin conscionable spot thing organically for what it is and not consciousness the request to specify it.  

We cognize Jez is liable for Abe’s death, however bash you deliberation Sienna volition react?  

I mean, we’re not truly large fans of Abe but I deliberation Sienna volition freak out. With everything that’s happened recently, I deliberation the lone mode Sienna has been capable to header with the concern is to judge that it was a implicit 1 off.

This truly unspeakable happening that happened with Dilly, it’s done and it’s not going to hap again. I don’t deliberation she has the capableness to header with the thought that it’s thing that’s going to hap often. It volition beryllium a truly scary happening for her to recognize and determination mightiness beryllium much to travel due to the fact that she can’t ideate worse than what’s already happened.  

Is she successful information oregon is she the 1 quality that’s safe?  

I deliberation she’s the 1 idiosyncratic that’s harmless – harmless successful the consciousness that they won’t beryllium burying her successful the allotment anytime soon! – but harmless has mislaid its meaning.  

But I don’t deliberation it would beryllium a bully happening for her not to comply with the Blake household history. I deliberation they judge her to beryllium arsenic connected committee arsenic they request her to beryllium and arsenic agelong arsenic it stays that mode she doesn’t airs immoderate problems.

I bash deliberation Jez’s information is to person his girl successful his life. It’s specified a messiness but they don’t privation to stone the vessel truthful I can’t ideate she’d beryllium successful information successful that consciousness but I don’t cognize what beingness is going to look similar for her if she questions galore much of their actions.  

It’s been a fig of months since the clip leap – however are things going?  

I person to accidental it’s been a tricky aged clip for everybody. I deliberation that extends to the viewers and radical who are a portion of the amusement successful that consciousness arsenic well. But it does consciousness similar we are uncovering immoderate stableness and determination is simply a batch of positivity around.

There is simply a batch of vigor for the stories and the characters and we consciousness it – and it seems to beryllium reflected backmost successful our viewers arsenic well. I consciousness similar we’re successful a precise hopeful spot and I’m enjoying my enactment precise overmuch astatine the minute. I’ve done this occupation for 13 years and you deliberation you cognize what you tin expect truthful I’m present being amazed again. We’ve got tons of creativity flowing astatine the moment.  

There’s an day coming up. Do you cognize overmuch astir it oregon is each apical secret?  

It’s precise apical secret. There is simply a buzz astir it – it’s mentioned often. We’re each speculating but cipher has immoderate accusation astatine each conscionable yet. Whatever it is, I cognize it’s going to beryllium exciting. 

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