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"Hollyoaks star Anna Shaffer has said that she hopes Esther Bloom and Bart McQueen do not become scapegoats for the soap&amp;#039;s upcoming wedding disaster. The actress, who plays bride-to-be Ruby Button, explained that she can understand why Esther (Jazmine Franks) and Bart (Jonny Clarke) resort to desperate measures when her character&amp;#039;s big day arrives next week.   When the sixth formers plough through Ste, Doug, Tony and Cindy&amp;#039;s joint wedding venue in a mini-bus next Wednesday (November 14), Esther and Bart have been chasing the vehicle in a last-ditch attempt to prevent Ruby from tying the knot. Ruby, her fianc\u00E9 Martin &amp;#039;Jono&amp;#039; Johnson (Dylan Llewellyn) and the other teens are on the way to Gretna Green for the romantic ceremony, but Esther fears that her friend is making a terrible mistake. Although faulty brakes on the mini-bus are the main cause of the crash, the dangerous behaviour of Esther and Bart is also a contributing factor. Shaffer told Digital Spy of the pair&amp;#039;s antics: &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;ll have to wait and see whether Esther and Bart are blamed, but I do feel sorry for them because they were doing it out of the goodness of their hearts. &amp;quot;Esther thinks it isn&amp;#039;t right for Ruby to run off and marry Jono in secret, as she&amp;#039;s doing it without permission from the Osbornes. Bart is looking out for his friend too, so it&amp;#039;d be a shame if they did face a backlash. They&amp;#039;re doing it out of concern, but I think a certain amount of blame does have to lie with them!&amp;quot;   Shaffer revealed that she was delighted to be involved in the dramatic episodes, which will claim the lives of at least two characters. She commented: &amp;quot;It was definitely long hours filming the scenes, but it was also absolutely amazing to be involved in. It was definitely the best thing that I&amp;#039;ve done since joining the Hollyoaks cast.  &amp;quot;We all got knocked about doing some of the scenes in the van. The day afterwards, I had huge bruises all over me and I was like, &amp;#039;Oh my God, we did work really hard!&amp;#039; But there were obviously stunt doubles and dummies for the more serious stuff. It was hard, but it was definitely worth it.&amp;quot; Hollyoaks airs weeknights at 6.30pm on Channel 4, with first look screenings at 7pm on E4. Photo gallery - Hollyoaks crash and explosion.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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