Former Emmerdale and Hollyoaks star Gemma Atkinson recently revealed whether she would ever return to acting.
Gemma first broke into the world of soaps by playing Lisa Hunter on Channel 4’s Hollyoaks between 2001 and 2005.
In 2015, she joined the cast of Emmerdale as Carly Hope and was involved in some huge storylines during her two-year stint including her romance with Marlon Dingle.
After leaving the soap, she went on to star on Strictly Come Dancing in 2017 and has her own reality show with her partner Gorka Márquez.
Will Gemma Atkinson return to Emmerdale or Hollyoaks?
Gemma revealed whether she would ever return to Hollyoaks or Emmerdale on a recent episode of her podcast, Lost In Translation, that she co-hosts with Gorka.
Gorka asked a question from a viewer that said: “Would Gemma go back to acting in soaps or acting in general?”
Gemma responded: “I would. I wouldn’t be able to do soaps again.
“Hollyoaks kindly asked me back a few times and I love Hollyoaks.
“The thing with soaps, I love them, but you have to be on call for 24/7 unless you specifically book time off.
“You could have a random Thursday off in the schedule but they’ll ring and say ‘we’re planning to do exterior scenes but it’s chucking it down and we’ve changed it. We’re interior now, you’re in’.”
Gemma has two children and went on to add: “With kids and juggling that, it would be too stressful and I wouldn’t want to.”
She then spoke about how she would consider a one-off drama and said: “However, if it was like a one-off drama, whereby they said ‘you start the 10th of May you finish the 10th of June’, 100% because there’s a start and end and I would love it.”
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