An Emmerdale star admitted an embarrassing reason he was rejected by soap bosses earlier in his career.
Dean Andrews, 57, who plays Will Taylor in the ITV show, is Yorkshire born and bred growing up in Barnsley but he was rejected from Emmerdale years ago because his Yorkshire accent wasn’t convincing enough.
The star, who has appeared in Life On Mars and sister series Ashes To Ashes, has spoken to This Morning about the incident.
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“I started acting really late in life, probably around about 40,” Dean said.
“But when I was in my mid-to-late 30s a friend of mine, who was in Emmerdale, said I should write to the casting director and ask her to bring me in for an audition. Which I did and she did, the lovely Sue Jackson.
“I went in to play a Yorkshire radio presenter. I went in and did it in an American accent, for some unknown reason.
‘The director was really kind, he said ‘that was lovely, any chance you could do it in a Yorkshire accent?’ ‘I said, of course, as I am Mr Yorkshire.
“And, I then proceeded to do it again in the same American accent, and didn’t get the job.”
Thankfully, some years later Dean turned up in the village as Emmerdale’s Will Taylor.
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