Exclusive: Hollyoaks star Anna Passey reveals Sienna's huge shock over Patrick's twin
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Hollyoaks star Anna Passey has spoken about Jeremy Sheffield's shock return to the soap for the first time.
Show bosses stunned fans last week with the big announcement that Jeremy is coming back to the Channel 4 soap as a new character.
Jeremy played memorable villain Patrick Blake from late 2012 to early 2016, when the evil character was killed off.
In a surprise twist, Jeremy will now be portraying the role of Patrick's secret twin Jez.
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Anna's character Sienna Blake can't believe her eyes when she first comes face-to-face with Jez, which unsurprisingly brings back memories of her twisted father Patrick.
Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy about Sienna's reaction, Anna teased: "How would you react if you saw your dead dad back to life? Sienna sees Jez in a hospital bed and I think she's very shocked.
"She can't quite compute what's going on, but she knows that there has to be some kind of rational explanation for it.
"When Sienna hears that Jez is Patrick's twin, she is just shook. How did she never hear about this before?"
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She continued: "I was thrilled when I found out this was happening. It's actually something we talked about all those years ago, when Jeremy first left the show. We spoke about him possibly returning as his twin.
"Now that it's a reality, I couldn't be happier. Jeremy is my most favourite person in the world, so working with him again is just glorious.
"Jeremy was such a strong character as Patrick Blake, so it can be hard to now think of him as Jeremy the character. Jez is much more similar to Jeremy my real-life friend, so sometimes we forget that we're working! It's a strange adjustment.
"It's also very strange that Jeremy is now playing Jeremy in the show because as soon as I say it, my brain autocorrects me and thinks I've made a mistake! But other than that, we're getting on well!"
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Hollyoaks has also announced the casting of former Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Benidorm and Loose Women star Sherrie Hewson as Martha, who's Jez's mother and Sienna's grandma.
Anna added: "Could you ask for a better grandma? Sherrie's a legend and we adore her. I think she fits right into the Blake dynasty.
"Sienna doesn't really like Martha, though. I think she's suspicious from the outset and rightly so. She doesn't trust Martha as far as she could throw her and that doesn't really change that much throughout!"
Hollyoaks streams first online via Channel 4 each weekday at 7.30pm. Episodes then air on E4 the following day, before getting their YouTube premiere a week after that.
Selected omnibus episodes are available via Prime Video.
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