Nikki Sanderson has praised her "kind and caring" 'Hollyoaks' co-star Bob Cryer.
Nikki Sanderson
The 44-year-old actor portrays ruthless gangster Glenn Donovan on the Channel 4 soap, but his co-star - who portayed Maxine Minniver - insists he's nothing like his alter ego.
She said: "[Bob is] amazing. I love working with him, he is nothing like his character, he's kind, caring and really funny. We all have a real laugh on set."
Glenn is trying to get Maxine on side in a bit to dismiss her - accurate- fears he killer her husband, his own son Adam Donovan, and Nikki is concerned the bubbly cab driver is "under his spell", especially in the wake of her previous abusive marriage to Patrick Blake.
Speaking in the #Friyay interview with the soap's website, she said:
"Maxine is really confused about Glenn. She's gone from thinking he murdered her husband and absolutely hating him, to believing it wasn't and him and seeing him being so supportive of her and Minnie. She doesn't know how to feel right now.
"I wouldn't say she was falling for another controlling man in a love interest type of way, but she's definitely under Glenn's spell, and believing everything he's saying. Glenn has confided in Maxine about his illness, he's shown his vulnerable side to her, and now she's falling for his act."
After coming close to sharing a kiss with Glenn, Maxine will come clean to his girlfriend Grace Black (Tamara Wall) because she thinks it's the right thing to do.
Nikki said: "Maxine has been cheated on and hurt before, so she knows the devastation it causes, and Grace means a lot her. She wouldn't want to be responsible for the Grace and Glenn's break-up, she's been through so much already."
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