Emmerdale Ruby actress ‘frustrated’ with scripts as she teases huge murder twist
EXCLUSIVE: Emmerdale's Beth Cordingly made her debut as Ruby Milligan earlier in the year and admits she gets frustrated with scripts regarding her feisty character
Beth Cordingly admitted the Emmerdale scripts often “frustrate” her.
The actress, 47, made her first appearance as Ruby Milligan at the end of January. She was introduced as the estranged wife of Caleb (Will Ash) and the mother of Nicky (Lewis Cope).
While Ruby has been desperate to officially rekindle her romance with Caleb, she can’t help but make a few enemies along the way. Ruby has already been barred from The Woolpack after insulting Charity (Emma Atkins) and got into a physical altercation with Cain (Jeff Hordley).
In an exclusive chat with Daily Star and other press, Beth confessed Ruby’s reactions to certain situations often leave her infuriated. Opening up on her already strained relationship with the Dingles, Beth explained: “It’s quite frustrating when you get the scripts because you just think, ‘Oh my god’. She is just rude to everybody.”
The The Bill star continued: “As an actor you get the scripts and you think, ‘How do I make this work?’ and then you have to find your own logic through it, whether you’re playing a murder or whatever.”
The soap star was quick to clarify: “Not that I’m saying I’m playing a murderer.” She added: “But you have to find your own logic to understand it.”
Sharing more about why Ruby reacts the way she does, Beth said: “It seems with Ruby that her best form of defence is attack. She’s very impulsive and spontaneous, she speaks and acts without thinking.”
The EastEnders star revealed that her character has often been likened to Kim Tate – a comparison she doesn’t agree with. “I don’t think she’s anything like Kim Tate because she is very cool and calculated, while Ruby just reacts to stuff and is quite often full of regret afterwards,” she explained.
“The only way I can justify her behaviour is that she’s terrified of losing Caleb and sees his family as a threat, so instead of being clever about it and befriending them, she keeps insulting them which is obviously not going to help.” Beth suggested Ruby’s way of thinking stems back to her teenage years after she was abandoned by her family when she fell pregnant.
The star declared: “It’s a very childish way of approaching stuff but I don’t think she learned that sophistication. She has that teenage way of thinking because her family turned her back on her and now she’s stuck because she’s never learnt.”
Emmerdale airs weeknights on ITV1 and ITVX at 7.30pm