Danny Dyer has hinted at a secret feud with some of his EastEnders co-stars, after bidding an ’emotional’ farewell to the soap following a nine-year stint.
The actor’s final scenes as Mick Carter aired on Christmas Day, and saw the Queen Vic landlord mysteriously lost at sea after plunging into the water to save his estranged wife Linda.
And now, Danny reveals that if his career goes ‘t**s up’ he may head back to Albert Square in a few years time, joking he’d arrive back in Walford ‘covered in seaweed’ following a salty exit.
Speaking on The Jonathan Ross Show, which airs on Saturday, the soap actor adds that ‘does miss’ many of the stars he worked with on the show, and he ‘loves them dearly.’
But when pressed by host Jonathan, the star coyly says ‘not all’ of the soap’s cast have such a valuable place in his heart, but refuses to name any names.
Claims: Danny Dyer has hinted at a secret feud with some of his EastEnders co-stars, after bidding an ’emotional’ farewell to the soap following a nine-year stint
Dramatic! The actor’s final scenes as Mick Carter aired on Christmas Day, and saw the Queen Vic landlord mysteriously lost at sea
Discussing his departure from the soap, Danny says: ‘It’s a very emotional thing, it’s such a big part of me.
‘I tell you what it is, I’m lazy. It’s f***ing hard. Thirty pages you’ve got to learn a day. It’s like a film a week. My final scenes were in the 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 of a***. It’s f***ing broccoli juice. Warm broccoli juice. It was very emotional, but I stunk.
‘I do 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 wide open for his character to return in the future.
Danny then adds: ‘If it goes t**s up I can go back. I can turn up in three years’ time, walk in the Queen Vic smothered in seaweed…’
‘They wanted to keep it open. I’m very privileged and grateful for that job. It really did change my career and my life.’
Cheeky! Speaking on The Jonathan Ross Show, which airs on Saturday, the soap actor adds that ‘does miss’ many of the stars he worked with on the show, and he ‘loves them dearly’
Who is it? But when pressed by host Jonathan, the star coyly says ‘not all’ of the soap’s cast have such a valuable place in his heart, but refuses to name any names
Interview: Danny also reveals that if his career goes ‘t**s up’ he may head back to Albert Square in a few years time (pictured with Evangeline Lilly)
Discussing his exit he continues: ‘You don’t have much say in it, I just wanted it to be exciting and quite cinematic.
‘It went down really well, a lot of people were quite touched by it. People were sending me all this stuff, TikToks of kids crying, it really upset them.’
Jonathan asks Danny about his co-stars: ‘Who will you miss the least?’
Danny replies: ‘There’s a few of them actually, I ain’t going to lie. I won’t say [who], you know. Most of them I love dearly. Not all…’
As Jonathan presses: ‘So they know who they are, though?’
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 festive special.
Explosive! Viewers were forced to say goodbye to Danny’s character on Christmas Day when he was lost at sea during a tense festive special
Danny’s character came into the show back in 2013 with on screen wife Linda (Kellie Bright) and their children.
But after the happy couple’s initial stint, things would eventually change, with teenage sweethearts Mick and Linda parting ways and Mick re-marrying Janine Butcher, played by Charlie Brooks.
After realising Janine’s deception, Mick and Linda rekindled their relationship, but things ended in devastating fashion as Janine’s car plunged into the ocean.
Also set to appear on Jonathan’s Ross first show of his new series are Evangeline Lilly, Will Sharpe, Leomie Anderson, Maisie Adam, and The 1975.
The Jonathan Ross Show airs on Saturday at 9:40pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
Star-studded: Also set to appear on Jonathan’s Ross first show of his new series are Evangeline Lilly, Will Sharpe, Leomie Anderson, Maisie Adam, and The 1975