Emmerdale spoilers follow.
Emmerdale star Dean Andrews has addressed his character Will Taylor’s long-term future on the soap, revealing that he feels “very settled”.
Speaking to Digital Spy and other media, the actor, who joined the show in 2019, explained that he sees the Emmerdale cast and crew as a family, and that he would be happy to stay for as long as the producers would like him to.
“With other stuff that we do [other acting jobs], we’re there for three to five months or whatever, and then we all disappear,” he said.
“I remember before I came in and hearing people say it’s like a family at Emmerdale and thinking, ‘Blah, blah, blah’, but it really is. Because we are together.
“I definitely see Claire (King, who plays Will’s wife Kim Tate) more than I see my own wife and Olivia (Bromley, who stars as Will’s daughter Dawn Fletcher) more than I see my own daughters, so we are like a little family. I do feel settled here.
“When the producers initially asked me to come in and asked me how long I’d like to stay and I said, ‘If I come in now, you’ll have to kick me out’. I’ll stay as long as they want me to stay, but how long they want to stay is up to them.
“I’m of an age now where I’m in my 60s, so I’ll probably retire after this job.”
Andrews also joked about playing “one of the few men who have tamed Kim Tate”, saying, “Don’t tell her I’ve tamed her!”
Revealing that he and co-star King “both like” the dynamic in Will and Kim’s marriage, he said: “I think Claire likes that she’s got someone quite steady with her, somebody who I hope is on a level feelings wise and presence wise. You know, who isn’t just a little lap dog.
