A celebrity agent has revealed how one "soap icon" was shockingly killed off after she questioned the direction of her character.
Friends to the stars, Melanie Blake, said the actress in question was allegedly told "she was lucky to have had the job" after she tried to change the course of her character's story.
Blake, who has worked with the likes of EastEnders' Gillian Taylforth and Emmerdale's Claire King, claimed their voice was dismissed and they were eventually bumped off in a savage show of power by a 'clueless' producer.
The best-selling author spoke her mind in an interview with Metro.co.uk and lifted the lid on how the soap world hires and fires its biggest stars.
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