Emmerdale's Faith Dingle star wanted to 'die a hero' in very different plot twist

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Emmerdale's Faith Dingle actress - Sally Dexter - has revealed that she wanted her character die a different way ahead of the soap's 50th anniversary.Spoilers for the soap have recently confirmed that Faith Dingle dies this month in a devastating storyline after a heart breaking breast cancer diagnosis.

Deciding to end her own life after battling cancer, Faith will slip away in scenes that will air next week.READ NEXT: Emmerdale’s Faith Dingle dies in devastating storyline as Chas misses out on goodbyeSpeaking ahead of her dramatic exit from the ITV soap, the actress who portrays Faith - Sally - has opened up about how she envisioned her departure."I always knew Faith was coming back to die," she explained in a pre-departure interview."My idea was to have her save Cain and Chas from some sort of attack in the Woolie - say from a bullet or a knife aimed at her children from a crazed intruder," she went on."I could picture her sliding down the side of the bar, with Cain and Chas declaring her a heroine!

But the story Jane (Hudson) and the team wanted was a far more important and difficult one to tell."I only hope we have done as much justice as we could."She went on to address how the subject of Faith's death has caused a lot of debate."The research team have dug deep for us throughout this whole storyline.