{"id":71564,"date":"2023-12-12T08:04:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T08:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montelagocelticfestival.com\/?p=71564"},"modified":"2023-12-12T08:04:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T08:04:37","slug":"emmerdales-olivia-bromley-on-dawns-birth-i-was-terrified-of-holding-the-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montelagocelticfestival.com\/celebrity\/emmerdales-olivia-bromley-on-dawns-birth-i-was-terrified-of-holding-the-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmerdale\u2019s Olivia Bromley on Dawn\u2019s birth \u2018I was terrified of holding the baby\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most soap opera Christmases are full of drama. From affair revelations to family fights and even tragic deaths, there\u2019s never a dull moment.<\/p>\n

But sometimes there is a ray of hope. Happily that\u2019s the case for Emmerdale \u2019s Billy and Dawn Fletcher, who are having a baby. <\/p>\n

While actress Olivia Bromley admits the birth isn\u2019t too distressing for her character Dawn, it isn\u2019t plain sailing either.<\/p>\n

\u201cDawn ends up going to labour at the Christmas fair, so she\u2019s not with Billy (Jay Kontzle), she\u2019s actually with Aaron (Dingle, played by Danny Miller) at the time,\u201d Olivia says. \u201cThat\u2019s not her expected labour plan and because Dawn has previously had a traumatic experience being pregnant \u2013 she was addicted to heroin, then had her baby taken away \u2013 she sees this as her second chance. She puts herself under a lot of pressure." <\/p>\n

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\u201cThis time Dawn decides to be drug-free and have a water birth,\u201d continues Olivia. \u201cAnd she does get back to Home Farm. Everyone\u2019s involved, Will (Taylor, played by Dean Andrews) and Billy are there too. Dawn has a healthy baby boy called Evan, named after Billy\u2019s dad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Olivia spent a day filming in a bath, and says playing out the labour was a real experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an interesting day at work, especially doing the birth in front of a crew. We got to film with a 12-day-old baby, Malachi. I was terribly nervous to hold him, but his parents were so chill and they\u2019re looking forward to seeing him on screen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Another person hoping to be by Dawn\u2019s side during the birth is Kim Tate (Claire King).<\/p>\n

But on the day Dawn goes into labour, a secret is revealed to her husband that puts a strain on Kim\u2019s marriage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWill finds out Kim is involved in Craig\u2019s death,\u201d says Olivia. \u201cKim is a great help to Dawn. They\u2019ve had a difficult past but now they\u2019re like mother and daughter. It\u2019s a really lovely, wholesome, joyful, Christmas experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Viewers have been rooting for Dawn to get her life on track ever since she arrived in the village, and Olivia is in two minds whether she wants some more drama to come their way.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an actor, and as a character, I like different things,\u201d she says. \u201cI love playing Dawn when she\u2019s really angry, grumpy, the more rough and ready Dawn is naturally what I enjoy.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut for the character, and generally for the feeling of the show, it\u2019s really important to see some stability. I get quite a lot of messages from people who say \u2018it\u2019s so good to see someone who\u2019s gotten clean on television\u2019. They like the positive journey in that way. <\/p>\n

"I met someone in Manchester a few weeks ago, and she talked to me at length about her own journey and she said it\u2019s nice to see someone working through it. So I think it\u2019s important to have a period of joyfulness and happiness – but it\u2019s not going to last long.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As for what 2024 will bring, Olivia isn\u2019t too sure.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are some big things coming up, but I\u2019m in the dark as much as everyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n