Claire King shares Emmerdale behind-the-scenes secrets including wine at lunch and fake village
ok.co.ukShe's part of the furniture as matriarch Kim Tate in The Dales having appeared on Emmerdale on and off for over 20 years. So who better to spill some behind-the-scenes secrets about the inside workings of the soap than Claire King.
Speaking to OK! for our exclusive shoot to celebrate her 60th birthday, the soap Queen told us all about doing her own hair and make-up for the show, the purpose built Emmerdale village and why they sometimes film the second part of a scene weeks later. "We still have to do our own hair and make-up, because of the pandemic," she said in our exclusive video. "Don't say anything negative about my hair and make-up because I have to do it at six o'clock in the morning!" Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.
You can sign up at the top of the page. When speaking about the set, Claire revealed the village we see on our screens isn't one you can expect to find on Google Maps. "It is actually a village, but it was purpose built for Emmerdale," she explained. "It's all proper dry stone walling and even the chimneys have smoke that comes out of them, but it's all fake. "We have the make-up rooms and the dressing rooms in the interiors.
You've got the outside of The Woolpack in the village and then the interior is in Leeds in the studio. "You can actually walk in one day [from] outside into The Woolpack on set and then probably two or three weeks later you will be coming through the door in continuity costume, hair, make-up, to do the scene in the interior.
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