SOAPLAND CHAOS Hollyoaks stars address huge string of Channel 4 show axes – and fan fears for future of soap

HOLLYOAKS stars have addressed the show’s mass axes as they issued an update on the soap’s future.

The Sun previously revealed how bosses on the Channel 4 series were killing off a whopping 20 characters.

It comes as Hollyoaks is also being slashed from five to just three episodes a week.

One star dropped is long-serving star Stephanie Waring who plays Cindy Cunningham.

She previously told us how she ‘broke down in tears’ when she was sacked.

But as worried fans fear for the future of Hollyoaks, Kieron Richardson and Jorgie Porter have addressed their concerns.

The stars – who play Ste Hay and Theresa McQueen – have defended show execs for the move.

Kieron, 38, exclusively told The Sun at the TV Baftas: “From January it was like the start of a new era and it’s really exciting, there’s so much coming up in the future but we can’t say anything.”

“I think it must be hard as a show writer to think of two and a half hours of TV each week it’s like a full film, whereas now if you shorten that down a little bit you’re going to get the best of the best in terms of quality.

“It’ll be all killer and no filler now so whoever stays at the end because we can’t give anything away, whoever lasts, it’s going to be a really exciting time for them.”

Jorgie added: “I say we’re still giving the same drama, effort and energy and stuff so I think we’re safe.”

Hollyoaks will air a huge bonkers stunt to cut the 20 cast members as the show jumps forward by a year.

However, the cast are being kept in the dark about the action-packed plan.

Kieron said: “We don’t actually know what the thing will be yet for the last of the five episodes and then the new three version we don’t know what happens to get it to that edge.”