Emmerdale star discusses exit

Updated: 10 February 2012 17:27

Emmerdale star Charlie Hardwick has revealed that she filmed two different versions of her upcoming exit from the soap.

Her character, Val Pollard, heads out of the village alone in tonight's episode, wanting time to herself following her recent rows with husband Eric (Chris Chittell) and foster daughter Amy (Chelsea Halfpenny).

In a recent interview on This Morning Hardwick explained that she is unsure of what will appear on screen this evening as there were two different scripts for Val's goodbye scene with Eric.

She said: "It's not like, 'Does she fall into the Tyne?' or 'Does she fly off in an air balloon?' It's not anything like that. But there were two very different speeches at the end.

"One was more hopeful about how she felt about Eric, while the other one was, 'I need to get away from you, you pig'. I don't know which one they've used. The director said, 'I'll decide which

Hardwick is currently taking a three-month break from Emmerdale to star in comedy play The Awkward Squad.

When asked about the new project she said: "It's a risk. I'm going out to do a play, and I might write myself out," she admitted. "I don't know who's going to move up there [to the barn]. I think Brenda from the café will be sniffing around!"

Emmerdale airs Val's exit tonight at 7pm on UTV.