Waterloo Road's Tillie Amartey explains rivalry for Stace and Samia
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Waterloo Road newcomer Tillie Amartey has shared details of a new rivalry in the show's latest series.
Tillie has joined the BBC show's cast in the role of Stacey 'Stace' Neville, who enrols at the school as a new pupil.
Stace is among a new cohort of pupils who are brought on board by headteacher Kim Campbell. The group are all long-term 'refusers', who haven't attended school for months.
In the first episode of the new series, Stace immediately clashes with established character Samia Choudhry. Their dispute comes at a bad time, as Samia is still grieving following the death of Danny Lewis.
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Speaking to Digital Spy and other media about the storyline, Tillie explained: "Samia is quite confident and sure of herself but in a different way to Stace. Samia is more focused on her education and it riles Stace up.
"In the long-run, Stace would want to be Samia's friend but she doesn't know how to go about it. So she does it in the only way she knows, which is aggression and going for her.
"In previous series, Samia was top dog and quite solid in school. Stace wants to ruffle her feathers as she wants that position. There's a tiny bit of a narcissist's personality – she's obsessed with herself, and if someone is seen as better than her, she'll try to change that."
Tillie continued: "With Stace, you're going to know when she's in a room – whether it's her outrageous laugh, her OTT dress sense or slightly edgy personality. She's not a character who's in the background!
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"She gets on well with Schuey, one of the other new pupils, as they've both been excluded from school before COVID and refused to enrol back into education.
"The only thing that brought Stace back is music and drama – anything creative. I think Stace wants to be famous.
"There are layers to her background and what happened in the past. There's a vulnerable side to Stace – she's probably been bullied in the past and learnt to hit back hard.
"She's gained a fearsome reputation and she's thinking: 'I'll come in hard so I don't get bullied here!'"
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Stace's arrival comes as Waterloo Road's revival enters its third series, which begins on BBC One on Tuesday evening (January 2).
Tillie added: "The show is iconic – I've always known about it. When I heard it was coming back, I started watching it and got engrossed. If I didn't get the job it would have been a bit sad.
"There's always a good reaction when you say you're part of the show. It's also such an environment where you can develop yourself and excel at what you want to do."
All eight episodes of Waterloo Road's new series are already available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
Waterloo Road airs on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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