Emmerdale star on newcomer Celia: "She's a force to be reckoned with"

We've known for a while that Robb's feisty alter ego Moira Dingle will also cross paths with Celia.

And as Moira continues to struggle financially with her farm, the star told RadioTimes.com and other press how the first meeting pans out between the women.

"She's quite hostile, she's very rude when we first meet her," said Robb of Celia.

"She basically says 'I know you need the money and I'd like to rent your farm for literally next to nothing', and I'm like 'no, that's not gonna happen'."

Despite a rocky start, the tide soon turns between Moira and shameless Celia – but there's a twist in the tale.

"Then she starts a kind of different approach, she starts to befriend her and Moira actually quite likes her in the end.

"Celia is working for somebody else to try and push her out, but it's whether Celia will stick with that. She's a force to be reckoned with, she's not somebody you would go against!"

While we know Moira takes no prisoners, we've yet to see Celia at her worst – so will Moira be able to overpower the fellow farmer, or might Celia become a true ally?

We'll just have to wait and see how the land lies between them, but with Moira's situation going from bad to worse next week, the actress has shared how she would feel if she had to stop filming on the Butler's Farm set.

"My character's been there now 16 years, and it would be very odd for it to be a change," Robb explained.

"I'm kind of hoping what will come from this, like a lot of things, I'm hoping that some good comes from it, because often [in these situations] maybe ideas can come into plan or she'll get some kind of help.

"But I would miss it, it's a really good set to work on as well. I would personally miss it, and I'm sure Moira would. I'm not sure what else she would do!"

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Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7:30pm on ITV1. Stream on ITVX.

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