Eastenders’ Danny Dyer has spoken out about the soap’s upcoming live episodes, revealing he is “absolutely petrified”.
Although the actor, who plays Mick Carter, said that he is worried about how the live episodes will work, he’s also proud to be a part of “television history”.
The star spoke backstage at last night’s National Television Awards, telling Digital Spy: “I’ve done things on stage, I’ve done Broadway – this live episode is absolutely petrifying. But I think it’s like television history so it’s an honour to be part of it.
“I think you’ve got to be petrified – I ain’t going into it giving it the big’un because it’s a real big ask and we all know what it entails.
“I’ll just be so happy when we wrap up on the Friday if it’s gone well. I know people watch it because it’s live and they want to see things go wrong like a boom drop into shot… It is scary, though. But you know what, bring it on”.
Mick and his on-screen wife Linda (Kellie Bright)
Thirty seven-year-old Danny also said that soap acting can be difficult but he loves being a part of the Eastenders cast.
“It’s (soap acting) so hard. It’s so hard. I had to draw on all my experience to get through it – it’s so truthful every single day.
“There’s so much dialogue involved and to create a character that anyone gives a f**k about every day is a difficult thing. It’s drained the life out of me but I love it, I love it, I love it”.
