Danny Dyer (Mick Carter)

[Perdita]

Mick's wife is Linda

They are not married

[Perdita]

Mick's wife is Linda

They are not married

[Dazzle]

They are not married

*slaps forehead*

Of course!!! I'm an idiot!

Mick'll still have a bit of explaining to do though lol.

[tammyy2j]

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz-t...-Dyer-new-deal

Danny Dyer will be sticking around on Albert Square for a little while yet, as the badboy actor is set to sign a megabucks new EastEnders deal.

Danny, 37, will stay in his role as Queen Vic boss Mick Carter for another three years under the contract, which will see him bag £400,000.

The star and his on-screen family have proved a hit with viewers and critics since arriving in Walford last Christmas, with Danny bagging a handful of Best Actor awards.

EastEnders’ executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins confirmed to The Mirror that Danny is poised to sign the deal.

The family will be at the centre of a shocking new storyline next week, as Mick’s wife Linda (Kellie Bright) is raped by ‘nephew’ Dean Wicks.

The plot will continue in the run up to Christmas when Mick unearths the secret, while Linda will face a massive dilemma when she discovers she is pregnant with either Mick or Dean’s baby.


“We’re in negotiations at the moment. He and I are very happy,” he said.

“Danny and I are very open and honest with each other. He’s lovely – charming, clever, warm and loyal. We’ve got a bit of a bromance going on.”

He added: “The Carters are going to be around for the forseeable. I don’t want Mick and Linda to stop, so that’s the challenge. We keep having to not do the obvious stories.”

[Dazzle]

Danny, 37, will stay in his role as Queen Vic boss Mick Carter for another three years under the contract...

Very good news!

[alan45]

EastEnders actor Danny Dire features in his most explosive scenes yet this Christmas, as his popular character Mick Carter faces two life-changing shocks.

The BBC soap's festive special sees Mick left devastated when he learns that his partner Linda was raped by Dean Wicks earlier in the year, but the surprises don't stop there as he also finds out that his 'sister' Shirley is actually his mum.

Here, Danny offers his insight into what's to come – including the must-see scene as Mick trashes the Queen Vic in a rage!


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Danny Dyer as Mick Carter

What was your reaction when you first read the Christmas scripts?
"My first reaction was to find [EastEnders' executive producer] Dom as quickly as possible and put the lips on him because I knew he had given me a gift. It was like the greatest Christmas present as an actor you can ever have.

"For me it is what I have lived for to have that chance to show what I can do. To show every bit of range as an actor on Christmas Day in front of millions of people, it just gave me a tingle up my spine."

How has it been to play this storyline over the past year?
"I have done some really tough gigs in the past. I have been acting for 25 years and I have done six-month runs at The National. You can go on tour and you're knackered but you get through it. But it is nothing quite like what Mick Carter has been through this past year. The number of episodes I have done and the emotion I have gone through has physically drained me.

"As an actor I go to quite truthful places, so my body and my mind were telling me to stop and it resulted in me being so exhausted that I just needed to lay down for a few days. But it is rewarding – it is a nice exhausting if there is such a thing! It was almost like I achieved what I had with Christmas Day and Boxing Day, but my body was just like 'You can't keep doing this'.

"And of course I realise that I came to the show and they would need to establish me as a character in a short amount of time, which means that they would use me a lot and I am absolutely honoured for it, honoured."


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Mick attacks Dean after the truth is revealed

Is joining EastEnders different to what you expected?
"It is totally different to what I expected. I didn't think it would be as hard and I didn't realise the amount of dialogue there would be. The workload is one thing but with the emotional side of it, you come home with it sometimes.

"I wish I was one of those actors who can just go home and sit there and be happy, but with me it is still on your mind and you have to think about what you are doing the next day."

So how do you switch off?
"A nice bit of Antiques Road Trip. It was the Antiques Roadshow but now Antiques Road Trip I am going with now. It's very calm viewing. Talking about ceramics, it really scrapes me out of my foul depressing mood. Well other than the Disney thing. I like a bit of Disney. Just things that are very, very calm, very, very fluffy. And a bit of The Chase – a bit of Bradley Walsh in your earhole."


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Mick repeatedly punches Dean

We've heard that Mick will smash up the Queen Vic once the truth is out. How was it to play that scene?
"Ahh, it was one of the greatest moments of my life as an actor. I have done some great, exciting stuff as an actor – I have done shoot-outs and quite a lot of my own stunts, but this was being allowed to smash up the most iconic pub in Britain and possibly the world.

"We had a big meeting and they sat me down and said 'Right, what do you want to do?' I was like, 'Really, really you are really going to give me that freedom?' and they were like 'Yeah, we can only shoot it so many times so be careful'.

"So I said, 'Right, the optics have got to go, so I pick up the Queen Vic bust. The bust has to be picked up. So I throw that at the optics and I work my way round the pub in one beautiful scene – almost like a dance in a way'. I said, 'At the end of the day, I will keep smashing and smashing it until something really hurts me'. That's when I smash the picture frame, as Mick would need something to stop him in his tracks so he realises what he is doing.

"So we worked it out beautifully. I work my way round the pub. I felt sorry for a few of the extras that didn't know I was coming, as they just gave me the freedom but I think most of them liked it! I had to do it three times and I did hurt my hand a little – I got a few bits of toffee glass in my hand – but it made me feel better as I wasn't half hearted about it and I wasn't all actory about it.

"I thought, 'If I am going to smash this boozer up, I am going to smash it up.' To see it, it's a beautiful thing and I think it is thoroughly deserved for the character to do it. It's like he has suppressed this anger for years, from his childhood when he has been in care, to now having all his family around him. He is trying to take care of them as human beings, but everything he thought of as being his has been taken away from him and it's had nothing to do with him.

"It's not his own fault, so he just flies into a rage and the first thing he attacks is, of course, The Queen Victoria."

Why should viewers watch EastEnders this Christmas?
"I love that we are on at 9pm and it is a straight hour. So get all the presents out the way – if you've got visitors over let 'em sup on that Prosecco and get yourselves all slumped down on your settee and you have an hour of just brilliant television.

"Whether it makes you happy or sad, you will definitely be talking about it afterwards. You might be in shock for a couple of minutes, but believe you me it will be worth it."

[lizann]

mick is the mvp tomorrow

[xx_Dan_xx]

I shall be disappointed if the truth comes out about Shirley while he is attacking Dean and he stops.

[lizann]

the pub needs a makeover

[parkerman]

I shall be disappointed if the truth comes out about Shirley while he is attacking Dean and he stops.

Oh dear.....