Dean Wicks

[parkerman]

Well they do say that a picture speaks a thousand words and I couldn't agree more with you.

[lizann]

im slightly worried and disgusted by dtc and matt opinion and views on rape, whether by the police or other ways linda needs justice

dtc looks to want to overlook and forget the rape

[parkerman]

Perhaps Dean gets murdered by Bobby.....

[maidmarian]

Perhaps Dean gets murdered by Bobby.....

The world loves a cheerful poster!

[maidmarian]

Perhaps Dean gets murdered by Bobby.....

The world loves a cheerful poster!

[lizann]

charlie kills dean for hurting attacking roxy and ronnie and goes on the run good storyline exit redeeming charlie too

[storyseeker1]

Actors often relish playing villains, but that doesn't mean they like their characters or approve of their actions. Now I'm not going so far as to say Matt di Angelo is OK with the rape, but he's certainly displayed no strong feelings against it in the interview we're discussing.

I'm not singling him out because this attitude appears to be endemic amongst the EE team - that's comes through loud and clear in the writing. Matt might be a lovely person and no doubt they all love working with him, but they're letting that get in the way of telling a meaningful and satisfying story. They should be using this platform to explain why rape is such a wicked crime and why the perpetrators deserve severe punishment. A surprising number of people just don't get that, which is why rape stories need handling with kid gloves.



Firstly, he's wrong that it was unexpected because there was a lot of build up to the rape what with Dean's harassment of Linda and obvious misogynistic attitude.

Secondly, it sounds dangerously like he's trying to justify it by comparing it to Shirley's crime. They are just not comparable because Dean's crime was one of taking control whereas Shirley's was one of losing control. I can't stand Shirley any more either and would be happy to see her banged up, but at least the writers aren't trying to portray her as sympathetic.

Well, it was unexpected to me, and everyone I know who watches the show. We saw that he was full of anger and everything, but we never imagined he was going to do that.

I agree that rape crimes need to be punished severely, but one of EE's themes is that they try to be as realistic as possible in every situation. And sadly, as terrible as it sounds, but a lot of rapists tend to get away with their crimes. Particularly those in Dean's case, as Linda didn't go to the police right away, so they had no evidence against him. Which is why this storyline isn't going the way a lot of people hope. Everyone wants Dean to pay, myself included, but unless he confesses or new evidence pops up, that's not gonna happen.

[Kim]

I think Dean's comeuppance was initially planned (didn't DTC say months ago that an ending had already been decided, albeit not a judicial one) but Matt Di Angelo didn't want to leave at the end of his initial contract, so they then turned to ignoring what Dean had done and making him Jade's father. Of course, being a Carter, the character was allowed to stay while others have been shoved out on DTC's say so

Big stories for the Masoods were originally supposed to air in September 2014. I guess this was Roya/Jade, but that it was then backburnered until the Rapist was freed up from the storyline with Linda, Mick and Ollie. Perhaps they even thought that Matt wouldn't want to stay since he was initially against the rape storyline.

I think in Matt's interview he is referring to it being shocking in that you wouldn't expect a good looking man/woman to be a rapist. It may also be that he was a good guy when he was first in the show, but when an actor/producer is talking about a storyline that has caused so much outrage and an OFCOM investigation (although EastEnders were cleared,) they need to be very specific so as to avoid readers/viewers misinterpreting what they meant/intended and rubbing more salt into the wound.

I wish Dean would leave and take his sperm donor with him. Kevin Wicks would be turning in his grave, for more reasons than one.

[tammyy2j]

I don't think Dean liked Roxy ending their romance, he could make her or Ronnie pay

[storyseeker1]

I think Dean's comeuppance was initially planned (didn't DTC say months ago that an ending had already been decided, albeit not a judicial one) but Matt Di Angelo didn't want to leave at the end of his initial contract, so they then turned to ignoring what Dean had done and making him Jade's father. Of course, being a Carter, the character was allowed to stay while others have been shoved out on DTC's say so

Big stories for the Masoods were originally supposed to air in September 2014. I guess this was Roya/Jade, but that it was then backburnered until the Rapist was freed up from the storyline with Linda, Mick and Ollie. Perhaps they even thought that Matt wouldn't want to stay since he was initially against the rape storyline.

I think in Matt's interview he is referring to it being shocking in that you wouldn't expect a good looking man/woman to be a rapist. It may also be that he was a good guy when he was first in the show, but when an actor/producer is talking about a storyline that has caused so much outrage and an OFCOM investigation (although EastEnders were cleared,) they need to be very specific so as to avoid readers/viewers misinterpreting what they meant/intended and rubbing more salt into the wound.

I wish Dean would leave and take his sperm donor with him. Kevin Wicks would be turning in his grave, for more reasons than one.

More or less true. Di Angelo was originally hired to play Dean only for a certain time, during which the rape would occur, and then he would leave (presumably for prison or just leave). But then DTC ending up changing their minds and asked him to stay on, presumably so they could do the Jade storyline. And now it seems they've asked him to stay on yet another year. I don't know if Di Angelo had wanted to or not, but work is work.

What's good looking got to do with being a rapist? It doesn't matter what you look like, but what you're like on the inside that matters, and Dean is damaged.