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Gemma Atkins says Hollyoaks was 'like 18-30 holiday' as she recalls 'crazy' soap stint

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Gemma Atkinson has looked back on her "wild" Hollyoaks days and said they were similar to an "18-30 holiday".The 37-year-old actress starred as Lisa Hunter for a special cameo appearance recently and revealed that filming is very different to how it was 20 years ago.Gemma is now a mum-of-one and loved up with Strictly Come Dancing star Gorka Marquez.Talking about her soap stint, she told Fabulous magazine: “It was wild back then.

It was like an 18-30s holiday. Now everyone has grown up, really. Everyone’s phone screen shows a dog or a kid.” Unlike the big-name actors in rival soaps such as Coronation Street and EastEnders, Gemma said the cast from the teen soap didn't draw as much attention.

She added: “No one used to bother about us going and getting p***ed at the National Television Awards, whereas Corrie and those lot had to sit prim and proper because they were the proper soaps.“There was no social media . . .

no s****y comments.“We used to say growing up in the public eye was like university but we got paid. That’s how it felt.”Gemma shot to fame on the soap and then managed to carve out a great secondary career in glamour modelling off the back of it.Over her years, Gemma has done tonnes of racy shoots, magazine spreads and pin-up calendars.Talking to Vicky Pattison’s podcast The Secret To, Gemma said: “When I was about 14 my mum’s friend had said in passing, ‘Your Gem should do some modelling’.“I was like, ‘There is no chance’.

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