Dominic Brunt "snapped" during filming for his 'Emmerdale' lockdown episode.
Dominic Brunt
The 50-year-old actor - who has played Paddy Kirk on the ITV show for 23 years - admitted he "hit a wall" while shooting the special scenes, for which he and co-star Lucy Pargeter (Chas Dingle) had to learn more material than usual for their two-hander.
Speaking on 'Good Morning Britain' on Monday (22.06.20), he said: "I went from learning nothing for three months to learning basically a 25-minute conversation between two people, so it was terrifying.
"I definitely hit a wall by one day and was a bit snappy. I had to make some calls that night just to apologise to people."
Explaining what he said on set, he revealed: "I can't do it, I can't do it, I need a glass of water."
Dominic also revealed his and Lucy's special episode is much more "subtle" than others in the soap's lockdown series.
He said: "Out of the six episodes, the one we were doing is subtle, the drama is tiny. There's no huge reveal or a massive fallout.
"It's an odd one, all the drama comes from tiny moments but it was like 58 pages in a day."
While the lockdown episode was slightly different to the norm for numerous reasons - such as the cast and crew having to social distance, due to the coronavirus pandemic - Dominic didn't start collaborating with the writers any more so than usual, because he feels it would be a "slippery slope" if actors started meddling with scripts.
He said: "I prefer to leave the writers alone. They are experts and professionals at what they do. I think it's a slippery slope to let actors into that process.
"You wouldn't let the editors start directing so why let the actors start writing. The lunatics would take over the asylum."
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