An Emmerdale favourite has opened up about nobody in soapland being safe from the chop.
This is particularly timely during a period when at least one Emmerdale favourite is expected to meet a grizzly end in the ITV soap’s first big stunt since the coronavirus pandemic struck.
Danny Miller, who plays viewer fave Aaron Livesey, has revealed how the arrival of a new boss can cause changes amongst the cast.
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Talking to TalkSport, after producer Iain MacLeod took over from Kate Oates, Danny said: "It's a bit like football – when the new producers come in and have their own ideas of how they want to play and have their idea of who are the star players.
"Although your previous boss has said, 'you’re part of the plans', the new boss could come in and say, 'you’re not my kind of actor, you’re out of here’."
He continued: "Everybody panics because you don’t know what they want to do and if you have had loads of storylines you fear they might not want to use you as such, and it’s always interesting to see what they bring to the show. But I think it's healthy to worry about it."
We think Danny doesn’t have much to worry about although we’ve previously reported even the village’s Paddy Dingle fears the axe.
Actor Dominic Brunt, who plays Paddy, is arguably one of the show’s best-loved characters, has been in the soap for 24 years. He’s previously confessed his worries that his days on the show are numbered.
“Every Christmas when the contract is up, I still think that’s probably it,” Dominic, 50, told our colleagues at The Mirror .
I think that keeps me going, the thought that at any point you could be out. You can’t just wing it, turn up with no ideas.
“So I try hard – but never in my wildest dreams did I think I would have a job this good for so long.”
As ever, we’ll keep you posted about any comings and goings from the Emmerdale cast.
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