Cain (Jeff Hordley) and Charity (Emma Atkins) talk about their possible surprise wedding on Emmerdale this week... So you try and trick Charity into marrying you? Jeff "Yes she thinks it’s Sam and Olena’s wedding but when told it’s not she says 'Who’s getting married?' Cain replies 'Me' and she says 'Who the hell would want to marry you?' He thought she’d love a big romantic gesture like this, but he’s got it wrong again." Not like your own wedding, then? Jeff "No. If you want a wedding organised properly, you get a woman to do it. My wife [actress Zoe Henry] made all the big decisions for our wedding day. In a relationship, you have to realise the woman wears the trousers, but Cain is in his own little world and he just hasn’t thought this through." Emma "I would hate somebody to spring a wedding on me like that. It wouldn’t happen to me – my current boyfriend would never pull a stunt like that. We’re spontaneous, but a surprise wedding is a step too far!" So how does Charity feel? Emma “She still loves Cain and imagined they’d somehow get a load of dosh together and have a big lavish do, not a small cheap ceremony like this! She married Chris Tate, but there have been two other times when she didn’t make it down the aisle – with Tom King and Michael, the chap who was seeing Debbie. She definitely thinks weddings are jinxed for her, but if she were to say 'I do' to Cain, it would be the first wedding where she has emotional ties to the groom. Before it’s always been about money and security." Do you think Cain will be gutted if Charity turns him down? Jeff "He’s emotionally highly strung, like a lot of tough men. He’d be really hurt if she turned him down. He didn’t consider for a moment that she might say 'No'. One minute she doesn’t want to go through with it, the next she does – she keeps changing her mind and it’s torture for Cain. It would be awful to be turned down like that in front of your family. It’s bad enough for a man when he puts himself on the line by proposing. I was really nervous when I asked Zoe to marry me. She was up for a theatre award and I told myself I would propose if she got it. She won and it dawned on me that I had to propose! Fortunately for me, she said 'Yes'. We met at university and she was the only girl there I wanted to be with. With Charity and Cain, it could go any way, but even if she decides not to go through with it, I still got my soap wedding.” How do you think Cain and Charity will be in the future? Emma "They like the element of surprise in their relationship. She likes the challenge and I can’t ever see them living happily ever after." Jeff "I love working with Emma, but in soaps, couples don’t stay together in the long-term, but it would be good if we could get through the next year as a couple.”
