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Gemma Jones

Emmerdale's Billy actor admits it is 'scary' watching co-star's on screen transformation

Actor Jay Kontzle who plays Billy Fletcher on Emmerdale has admitted that it is 'scary' to see his co-stars transformation into a killer.

Paige Sandhu's character Meena Jutla has become a villain in the ITV soap.

The character has recently fled to Scotland after claiming the lives of Nadine Butler, Leanna Cavanagh, Andrea Tate and Ben Tucker.

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But it isn't the last that we have seen of her as she is set to return to our screens in a deadly twist.

Her reign of terror is set to continue as she seeks her dark revenge against former lover Billy Fletcher and his new wife Dawn Taylor.

Actor Jay, who's played Billy since 2018, opened up about what it was like to work with Meena actress Paige.

He said: "We were talking about method acting and stuff like that and obviously Paige doesn't do that. But she gets herself into that character and it's quite inspiring to watch and watch her develop into Meena because she carries the character so well and it's the complete opposite to how she actually is.

"She's not that type of person one bit, she smashes the role and it's very interesting to see her do it. You do actually feel scared of her. You do actually have that fear inside that she's actually quite frightening.

"But she's so embedded with that role she's got so many different pointers and that. She communicates with the director really well. She's a fantastic actress."

Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7pm on ITV and ITV Hub with an additional episode at 8pm on Thursdays

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