There is a little bit of tension but no more than in any standard marriage. I think they're at a bit of cross purposes with the whole baby thing. Sarah understands that he wants a baby but she's in a bit of a difficult position because her career is going really well and she wants to prioritise that. I think maybe Adam doesn't sometimes quite understand that and so she's getting a bit frustrated. Then Nick drops Adam in it by saying he’s agreed to represent Damon, who Sarah's never met but has heard what he did to her brother, and Sarah's absolutely fuming that Adam would get involved in this guy. Adam understandably says it’s business and he needs the money but Sarah says look it's not about the money, this is family and you’re basically siding with the guy that's made my brother's life hell.

Sarah storms off, heads to the hotel on her own, goes and has a few drinks at the bar and bumps into this guy and they end up getting chatting.

I think there probably is an attraction there. It’s that freedom that he doesn't know anything about her life, she can put all her life stress to the side and just have a bit of meaningless flirt at the bar, basically.

No, definitely not. She does invite him up to her room after a few drinks but I think she's just got caught up in the moment. He also does goad her a little bit, reminding her she said she was an independent woman who can make her own mind up. For a minute she just thinks screw you Adam, because he has said a few mean things to her in the Rovers. So she invites him up but I think once she gets him up there, reality kicks in and she realises this is a bad idea. It’s then a matter of whether she’ll back away from the situation before more damage is done. 

Oh, she's gonna feel sick. I mean, like, literally feel sick to her stomach. It's all kinds of messy and complicated. Obviously, what she did was wrong to begin with, and she probably feels really guilty anyway. But the last thing she needed was the complication of it being Damon.

No she's quite happy in her marriage, this definitely isn’t something she’s looking for, she’s well aware it’s all kinds of wrong.

I think he'll find it hilarious, I just don't think he’ll care, he's got nothing to lose and will think it's funny. 

Yeah it’s interesting, I’ve been trying to find some moral reason as to why Sarah would behave in this way and actually I’m not really sure there is one. So I've just decided to play it as an opportunity that's presented itself, she's at an age where maybe life feels a bit sensible, a bit boring, and then something has come along that's kind of caught her eye a little bit. She knows she shouldn't, but she's tempted anyway, and it’s as simple as that. These things happen, I’m not saying it’s right and Sarah knows that but I’m guessing she’s going to go there anyway.

Yeah, it's weirdly full circle, we started working together when we were 14 at drama school and now I feel like I’m about 102 back working with him again. It's really lovely to work with him again, it's lovely to work with both Sam and Ciaran, there are a lot of scenes coming up that will involve very awkward situations for Sarah and that’s always fun to play.