Hollyoaks’ Joe Roscoe suffers gruesome death after plummeting from cherry picker
JOE Roscoe becomes the latest victim to meet their grisly end in Hollyoaks’ Halloween Spooktacular.
On Monday, Nico Blake died after being engulfed by the inferno caused when Cameron Campbell set the fairground maze ablaze.
But now it’s Joe’s turn to meet his maker in an arguably more gruesome demise.
He and fiancee Mercedes become stranded at the top of a ferris wheel when his estranged lover Joanne manually stops the ride.
And in a Final Destination-style twist, the raging fire causes an explosion in the mechanics, leaving Joe dangling off of a cherry picker after Mercedes jumps to safety.
But Joe — played by Ayden Callaghan — can’t hold on and plummets to earth in one of the most violent deaths in recent memory.
Aydan, 42, joined the Channel 4 soap in 2013 along with his four on-screen brothers and mother Sandy — played by Gillian Taylforth, 61.
On filming the dramatic stunt episodes, Ayden said: “I enjoyed my time at Hollyoaks greatly from the early days of the Roscoe family’s arrival and winning ‘Best Soap’ at the end of our first year, to filming the Halloween 21 st anniversary stunt, which was fantastic.
“I’ll miss working with all of the Roscoes including Gillian Taylforth who played our mum. My favourite moments, without doubt, are the days laughing with the Roscoes on set, the demolition stunt when Grace trapped Joe in the council flats, the Fraser Black storylines and the New Year episodes when Freddie and Lindsey’s affair was revealed.”
Joe’s exit can be seen on E4 at 7pm on Tuesday 1 November and on Channel 4 at 6:30pm on Wednesday 2 November.
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