Hollyoaks star Scarlett Bowman has revealed just how close she came to the explosion which was filmed for the soap's forthcoming dramatic crash scene. The 26-year-old actress, who plays school bully Maddie Morrison, is at the centre of the blast, driving the mini bus which crashes into the building where Cindy Cunningham and Tony Hutchinson are getting married - resulting in a massive explosion. And Scarlett revealed just how scary filming the sequence was. "All the crew were put about four miles back behind cones, then the stunt double team were put about 10, 15 metres from the explosion, and then the sixth formers, including me, were the same distance as the stunt guys," she said. "I had to face away from this explosion and the director told me 'Don't mess up your continuity, you have to leap away from the explosion', and I said, 'Yeah, yeah don't you worry'. "And then it explodes, and I can't see it, but I can hear this horrendous explosion, and I can feel this burning heat on my back. I just flew! I was petrified. The sound was immense." Co-star Andrew Moss, who plays Rhys Ashworth, also revealed that it was a tense moment on set. "I was one of the guys stood right back behind the cordon, just watching, and it was literally like a blow to the stomach, even from that far away," he admitted. "Everything you see was real!"
