Emmerdale actor Simon Lennon, who plays Ben, has revealed details of Meena’s potential downfall in dramatic scenes due to air this week.
Emmerdale spoilers have revealed that Ben goes to the HOP to try and find evidence to prove that the bridge collapse was not his fault, but instead uncovers camera footage of Meena trying to drown Victoria during the survival week challenge, leading to an altercation between Meena and Ben.
Talking to Daily Star and other press, Simon described the moment Ben finds the footage, saying that there is “confusion in that moment, because the stuff that he finds is blurred in every sense of the word”.
“It’s not concrete and he is searching for a second opinion to try and sort of cement what it could reveal, or who it could involve,” he explained.
However, after calling Billy to ask for his help verifying what he has seen on the shaky camera footage, Meena overhears the conversation and confronts Simon at the HOP.
Explaining that Ben doesn’t know Meena well, Simon said “his heart is almost too good for his own good”, and that he does not think anything of Meena’s appearance until her attitude towards him changes as they talk.
“They’re chatting and they’re talking about the piece of evidence,” he said.
“There’s no suspicion in there, until Meena begins to belittle Ben and questions his intelligence, to the point where there’s a sort of mutual acknowledgement within the look between them and they get into a bit of a scuffle over the evidence.
“But Meena gives chase and as they are in pursuit of one another, Meena falls in the Hide amongst all of the residue of alcohol and she hits the floor hard.”
Simon revealed that Ben could be her downfall and the difference between Meena surviving or not surviving, saying: “It is that moment of Ben being left between a rock and a hard place of, does he help her?
“Does he go? Does he ring an ambulance? We’re left in that moment on conflict and what is best to do.”
He added: “If something bad happens to her, what does that mean for him? How again would he prove his innocence?
“If something was to happen to Meena, he is then burdened with that responsibility and that guilt. It’s where do we move forward from there?”
Simon explained that this moment could lead Ben to do “absolutely the wrong thing”, and that viewers will be left wondering “whether he leads on those impulses”.
“The whole night is a build up of altercation and arguments and frustration. It leads to that moment of sink or swim,” said Simon.
“He knows now that Meena is a threat. Things have started to make sense in terms of other people who have been hurt and there’s a really clever moment, where Meena talks about the fact that people hurt people.
“The only way out is to fight his way out.”
Describing upcoming scenes as “ramped up, which has been really exciting”, Simon is not giving anything away about what lies ahead for Ben or Meena, adding: “It’s whether things happens there, or whether there is more that comes from that.
“If more things come from that and there are worse moments for him, then he’s stuck.
“The audience know who Meena is and what she is capable of.
“Ben isn’t quite aware of that, but still to challenge Meena in that way, he doesn’t feel as vulnerable, as he isn’t scared of her in the way a lot of people have been.”
Emmerdale airs weekdays at 7pm, with an extra episode Thursdays at 8pm, on ITV
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