Hollyoaks fan favourite confirms her character’s fate amid axe fears after cast bloodbath
HOLLYOAKS favourite Garcia Brown has confirmed her character’s fate amid axe fears after the cast bloodbath.
The actress, who plays Zoe Anderson, joined the soap in February 2022.
The TV star has revealed she will continue to appear on the soap after the show’s time jump later this month.
Replying to a panicked fan, who questioned whether she was exiting the soap, Garcia told them: “Zoe stays after the time jump hun, thanks for your support.”
The news comes as a relief to fans, who had been concerned that the actress might be among those cut from the cast.
Garcia, known for her role on Channel 4’s Shameless, first appeared on screen as the granddaughter of show regular Pearl Anderson (Dawn Hope) in February 2022.
She is the fourth cast member to officially confirm her return to the soap.
Last month, cast members Nick Pickard, Jennifer Metcalfe, and Kieron Richardson confirmed they would remain with the show beyond the time jump, having signed year-long contract
Over twenty cast members have been let go following the show’s reduction to just three twenty-minute episodes per week.
In recent weeks, several actors have departed the soap as it prepares for these upcoming changes.
One of them was soap favourite Iz Hesketh, who took to social media to announce that she is ‘unemployed’ and ‘looking for work’.
In June The Sun exclusively revealed that Emma Rigby left the Channel 4 soap less than a year after her high profile return.
The actress – who plays Hannah Ashworth – is said to have walked away over changes to the show.
An insider added: “There’s a worry other high profile cast members may see this as an opportunity to leave the show.
“While they’re all very supportive of the soap, the reduced budget and seeing friends and colleagues leave after so many years takes its toll.
“If more go willingly then it may be that the writing is very much on the wall for the show. It will be hard to recover from further blows.”
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HOLLYOAKS beauty Chelsee Healey has dropped the biggest hint yet she's been axed from the soap - yet what's happening at the Channel 4 show?
Earlier this year, the Channel 4 soap was forced to address the cull of cast members.
It came after The Sun was first to report Hollyoaks bosses plan to kill off a whopping 20 cast members.
Now Chelsee, who recently took time away from her role as Goldie McQueen to give birth to her second daughter, has now made a cryptic move on X.
The Manchester lass, 36, re-posted a picture of her character crying to her page.
It came after Stephanie Waring, famed for her 28-year-long role as Cindy Cunningham, confirmed that soap bosses had axed her as part of the 20-person strong cast cull.
Another big name set to quit for good is popstar turned soap star Jamelia.
The soap’s resident hunk and TV favourite Owen Warner has also left the show amid the cuts with fans left devastated to say goodbye to his character Romeo Nightingale.
Jamie Lomas has also quit the show and will depart his Warren Fox role soon.
Haiesha Mistry famed for her role as Yasmine Maalik has also left after seven years.