Paige Sandhu talks the madness of Meena’s final stand

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Emmerdale’s resident villain Paige Sandhu has promised drama to the very end as the trial of one of the soap’s biggest baddies comes to a close.

The actor, who plays evil Meena Julta in the show, joined Lorraine presenter Christine Lampard in the studio ahead of her final scenes and potential comeuppance in tonight’s explosive hour-long episode – admitting “it feels emotional”.

On playing iconic soap baddie Meena, Paige explained:

“It’s just been a delight. I feel like Emmerdale just went into my brain and saw my dream character, plucked her out and put her on a page. She’s just an absolute dream of a character.

“She gets to go crazy, wild and then you see moments like last night when she was on the stand, and she’s an incredible actress. It’s just been a dream.”

On murderous Meena’s big finale tonight, she said:

“I always imagined it would go a certain way, but it’s so much better than that. It’s just so dramatic and there’s one thing that’s going to come out tonight where I actually dropped my script [and gasped] ‘I can’t believe it’. This is a big, big secret that I think the audience will love and be really exciting and just adds another dimension to Meena, Meena’s relationship with her sister and the whole storyline.”

Emmerdale, tonight at 7 pm on ITV, STV, UTV. Lorraine, weekdays from 9 am on ITV and the ITV Hub.