Emmerdale star Nicola Wheeler said she had to take months away from the show for a hip replacement surgery.
Not long before a brutal attack scene that saw Nicola's character, Nicola King, beaten up and blooded, she was forced to undergo major surgery. The move forced the show to bring in a body double as there was no possibility Nicola could perform the stunts herself.
The 48-year-old opened up about the topic in an interview on This Morning where she revealed the show asked her if the gruesome scenes were okay. She said: "I took a couple of months off for a hip replacement and they told me about this story and they said: 'what we are going to do is we are going to bring you back and beat you up, is that ok?'
