Danny Dyer has hinted at a secret feud with some of his EastEnders co-stars, after saying an ’emotional’ goodbye to the soap after a nine-year stint.
The actor’s final scenes as Mick Carter aired on Christmas Day and saw the owner of the Queen Vic mysteriously lost at sea after diving under the water to save his ex-wife Linda.
And now, Danny reveals that if his career goes “full”, he can return to Albert Square in a few years’ time, joking that he would return to Walford “covered in seaweed” after a salty outing.
Speaking on The Jonathan Ross Show, which airs on Saturday, the soap opera actor adds that he “misses” many of the stars he worked with on the show and “loves them very much.”
But when pressed by host Jonathan, the star sheepishly says that “not all” of the soap opera’s cast have such a precious place in his heart, but refuses to give any names.
Claims: Danny Dyer has hinted at a secret feud with some of his EastEnders co-stars, after saying an ’emotional’ goodbye to the soap after a nine-year stint.
Dramatic! The actor’s final scenes as Mick Carter aired on Christmas Day and saw the owner of the Queen Vic mysteriously lost at sea.
Speaking of his departure from the soap, Danny says, “It’s a very emotional thing, it’s a big part of me.”
‘I tell you what it is, I’m lazy. It’s fucking hard. Thirty pages you have to learn a day. It’s like a movie a week. My final scenes were at sea, in Ramsgate at 2am.
‘We did the exteriors in the sea and the interiors you go to a water tank. But EastEnders couldn’t get Pinewood, so we had to go to Basildon.
‘It’s all warm and lovely, but to make it look like the sea, they put broccoli juice in it. You smell like shit. It’s fucking broccoli juice. warm broccoli juice It was very emotional, but it sucked.
“I miss the people there, there’s no two ways about it, but it’s a new chapter for me.”
Jonathan points out that viewers never saw Mick’s body after he plunged into the ocean, leaving the door open for his character to return in the future.
Danny then adds: ‘If everything goes wrong, I can go back. I can show up three years from now, walk into the Queen Vic covered in seaweed…
They wanted to keep it open. I am very privileged and grateful for that work. It really changed my career and my life.’
Cool! Speaking on The Jonathan Ross Show, which airs on Saturday, the soap opera actor adds that he “misses” many of the stars he worked with on the show, and “loves them very much.”
Who is it? But when pressed by host Jonathan, the star sheepishly says that “not all” of the soap opera’s cast have such a precious place in his heart, but he refuses to give any names.
Interview: Danny also reveals that if his career improves, he may return to Albert Square in a few years (pictured with Evangeline Lilly)
Discussing her outing, she continues: “You don’t have much to say, I just wanted it to be exciting and quite cinematic.
‘It was very good, many people were quite moved. People were sending me all these things, TikToks of children crying, it really upset them.
Jonathan asks Danny about his co-stars: “Who will you miss the least?”
Danny replies, “There are a few of them actually, I’m not going to lie.” I will not say [who], You know. I love most of them very much. Not all…’
As Jonathan presses: ‘So they know who they are?’
Danny says, ‘I would have thought so.’
Viewers were forced to say goodbye to Danny’s character on Christmas Day when he was lost at sea during a tense holiday special.
Explosive! Viewers were forced to say goodbye to Danny’s character on Christmas Day when he was lost at sea during a tense holiday special.
Danny’s character entered the show in 2013 with his on-screen wife Linda (Kellie Bright) and their children.
But after the happy couple’s initial season, things would eventually change, with teenage sweethearts Mick and Linda breaking up and Mick remarrying Janine Butcher, played by Charlie Brooks.
After realizing Janine’s deception, Mick and Linda rekindled their relationship, but things ended devastatingly when Janine’s car plunged into the ocean.
Also appearing in the first Jonathan’s Ross show of his new series Evangeline Lilly are Will Sharpe, Leomie Anderson, Maisie Adam and The 1975.
The Jonathan Ross Show airs Saturdays at 9:40pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
Star-studded: Also appearing in Jonathan’s Ross’ first show of his new series Evangeline Lilly, Will Sharpe, Leomie Anderson, Maisie Adam and The 1975