OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Emmerdale’ star Dominic Brunt admits he is usually “a pawn” at work but he felt “included” in the whole process during his character’s suicide bid storyline.
The 52-year-old actor is currently playing out a hard-hitting plot in which his alter-ego Paddy Kirk is struggling with his mental health after a build up of isolation, grief and confusion, and it sees him saying his goodbyes to pals as his deep depression intensifies.
Dominic – who has portrayed Paddy on the ITV1 soap since 1997 – admitted he usually just “moves where people move” during his storylines, and while he felt “a “huge sense of responsibility” with this heart-breaking plot, he was “very looked after” during the process.
He said: “Right from the beginning. It made me feel involved. And I don’t like putting any input into any of the scripts. I am definitely a pawn. I move where people move, and I say what people have written for me. But I really felt included. And I felt a huge sense of responsibility on my shoulders to try and get it right. So I’ve done my best. But I felt very looked after, and very involved. And it made me trust the whole process. Having a peek behind the curtain at the scale of the whole thing.”
Dominic admitted it was “almost easy” to play out the plot because the scripts were “so good”.
Asked how he felt filming some of the hard-hitting scenes, he said: “I just tried my best I couldn’t let myself even open a little door to the, to the black dogs that these people experienced.
“It’s just I was pretending, you know, this, the scripts and the dialogue was so good. And the journey there and the curve was so clear that it was it was almost easy to do.
“However, the emotion that that you had to visit had to be shaken off almost immediately. And I felt I felt supported. But I’ve got an hour’s drive home, get the radio back on and make sure I get some sleep that night.
“I’m not suffering like that. I’m a stupid actor with a script in the hand. However, I was privileged and honoured to serve that story. But it didn’t touch the sides for me, because I know what it’s like for someone to really, really go through that. So yes, I felt fine.”

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