Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt)

[tammyy2j]

Dominic Brunt has insisted that he had no objections when he heard that his character Paddy Kirk would become a love cheat.

Paddy took centre stage with a shock moment in the ITV soap's special rewind episode, as he slept with newcomer Tess after they met on a night out.
The village vet gave into temptation following a heart-to-heart with Tess about his recent problems, but was soon left guilt-ridden as the reality of betraying his wife Rhona Goskirk sunk in.

Speaking about the storyline for the first time, Brunt commented: "Talking to our producer Kate Oates, she wanted it to be that normal couples would be watching thinking: 'Oh, it does happen!' She wanted it to be an uncomfortable watch.

"Paddy is perfectly happy. He loves his wife and he's got his child. Kate said: 'You might come across as a bit of a baddie, are you okay with that?' And I am. You can't be a saint for 18 years. Paddy is a good person - he's just made a really, really, ridiculously bad decision."


He continued: "Paddy has not been able to tell his wife about the shooting, about Aaron, and he's feeling bad about it. Tess turned up, he could talk to her, there was an understanding and then they went to the back of the car!

"I'm not looking for sympathy. I'm not wanting to change the scripts. I've been in scenes where people have said: 'I'm not doing that, the audience will hate me' and spent two weeks going up and down the stairs [to the producers]. I've never understood that. I've been waiting for something like this and I'm going to indulge it.

"Myself and Zoe Henry had a fairly quietish year, so when we were told this was happening, we just got giddy and excited. She wanted to know whether we stay together and we were told the outcome. We know and you don't!"

[maidmarian]

re # 41 above

Paddy cant be a saint for 18 years -hmmm!

Betray his wife! -quite a bit of practice!!
2 affairs spring to mind - there may be
others!

He had an affair with Mandys fathers carer
when married to Mandy

And an affair with Viv Windsor when married
to Emily!

I quite like Paddy and the character is realistic
of a type of man who gets away with things
because people think hes too much of a bumbler
to.realise what hes doing!

So.another un- thought out damp.squib??(imo)

[maidmarian]

dupl

[lizann]

he was very worried for aaron, he squashed himself into small car back seat for nookie, bad paddy

[Telly Watcher]

Emmerdale boss Kate Oates: 'Paddy will probably regret cheating on Rhona'

By Daniel Kilkelly
Thursday, Oct 22 2015, 21:00 BST

Emmerdale producer Kate Oates has joked that she wants married couples to feel nervous after they watched Paddy Kirk cheat tonight (October 22).

The ITV soap's special 'rewind' episode finally explained Paddy's recent strange behaviour, revealing that he slept with newcomer Tess on the night of Robert Sugden's shooting.

Paddy (Dominic Brunt) met Tess while accompanying his best friend Marlon Dingle on a night out. They ended up having a heart-to-heart about their respective personal problems, before having sex in the back seat of Tess's car.

Defending the decision to turn good-natured Paddy into a love cheat, Oates laughed: "It's not the first time he's cheated, to be fair! I think the beauty of this story for me is that it's one of those slight Sliding Doors moments. I want happily married couples to watch that with each other and feel that lovely delicious insecurity!

"Paddy is in a situation where he's kept all of these secrets from his wife and from his friend Marlon. They all spilled out when he met this stranger Tess and he crossed the line.

"He will probably regret it in time, but maybe not just yet."

Tess, played by former Brookside and Waterloo Road star Nicola Stephenson, is a new regular character for Emmerdale so viewers definitely haven't seen the last of her.

This means fans will have to wait and see what Tess's presence means for Paddy's marriage to Rhona Goskirk and whether he is tempted to stray again.

Speaking of her new role earlier this year, Stephenson commented: "I'm thrilled to be joining the cast of Emmerdale. It's a British institution and I'm very excited about the storylines that they have planned for my character."

Source:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s1...-on-rhona.html

[Telly Watcher]

Emmerdale spoilers: Dominic Brunt and Nicola Stephenson discuss Paddy Kirk cheating twist

Duncan Lindsay for Metro.co.uk
Thursday 22 Oct 2015 8:59 pm

Oh, Paddy Kirk – what have you done!?

We don’t expect we have heard the last of Tess, the lady who was the recipient of our favourite hapless vet’s affections in the flashback episode.

Viewers were left reeling when a struggling Paddy bared his soul to Tess after boldly coming to her rescue (kind of) during a nightclub altercation. He then ended up sharing a very awkward bunk up in the tiniest of cars – a moment he clearly regretted almost instantly.

Speaking about the storyline, producer Kate Oates told Metro.co.uk that the idea of Paddy’s storyline was to make ‘married couples watching a little uncomfortable and make people realise that this can happen.’

There are turbulent times ahead for Paddy when he ends up discovering that Tess will be Leo’s teaching assistant (small world, eh?). As she becomes a prominent part of the family’s life, can Paddy keep a lid on his secret guilt? And will his ill advised romp be just a one off?

We spoke to Dominic Brunt (Paddy) and Nicola Stephenson (Tess) about the dramatic developments at a recent Emmerdale storyline event.

How long will Tess be around for?

Nicola: I don’t know at the moment. It’s to be decided, to be confirmed. I’ve got loads of mates in the show that I’ve worked with before, and Jeff Hordley who I went to school with, so it’s really exciting. I knew I’d go and have a nice time as well as have a good part to play.

Are you worried about coming in to potentially break up Paddy and Rhona?

Nicola: Not worried! Worried’s the wrong word. Excited. I knew I was coming in to have an affair with Paddy, which is exciting because it’s a well-loved character, a long-running character in the show, and also it’s someone everyone goes ‘no! Not Paddy!’. It’s all really high-drama.

And you had a sex scene in your first episode…

Nicola: Yep! Still got it! Still playing those saucy characters.

Dominic: It was our second day and it was all through the night as well, so the final kissing scene was at about 5am just as the sun was coming up.

Nicola: We couldn’t really string a sentence any more, because we were so tired.

So who is a better kisser – Dominic Brunt or Anna Friel? [for those who don’t know, Nicola Stephenson shared a snog with Anna Friel in Brookside’s infamous lesbian kiss scene]

Nicola: It was so long ago and we were so young…

Dominic: I remember it!

Nicola: You’ve got it on VHS. I think Anna’s kissing might have improved. It would be unfair to compare. I might have to ring her and snog her again.

Will we meet Tess’s husband?

Nicola: Up to the scripts I’ve got now he’s not mentioned, so I don’t know…

Dominic: I’ve heard we do meet him.

What kind of character is Tess? Can she be quite conniving? Or she nicer?

Nicola: In what we’ve shot so far, I think she comes across at first as just a nice girl, a nice woman, who’s married, who’s kind of in the same situation as Paddy, you don’t know at first that there’s any problems in her marriage it’s just she’s found this person she’s got a connection with.

They’ve both got carried away and they both immediately regret it. You know when you regret something you can go the other way and be antagonistic? They’re like that at first.

How does she come back into Paddy’s life?

Nicola: She’s Leo’s teaching assistant. So she’s quite closely connected with the family. And she’s a wonderful TA so Rhona doesn’t want to lose her.

Dominic: That’s it, as much as Paddy tries to say, ‘no no!’, she’s clearly very good at her job.

Might there be a repeat performance?

Nicola: It does develop. It’s good because the storyline isn’t just over in a second, it’s explored.

What’s gone wrong with Rhona? Was it the kiss with Marlon?

Dominic: Paddy uses that as an excuse. Talking to Kate [Oates, the producer], she wanted it to be that normal couples would be watching thinking ‘oh. It does happen.’ That it was an uncomfortable watch. He’s perfectly happy. He loves his wife. He’s got his child. It’s just like that. It’s slightly seedy to begin with. Kate said ‘you might come across as a bit of a baddie are you okay with that?’ And I am. You can’t be a saint for 18 years. And he’s a good person, he’s just made a really, really, ridiculously bad decision.

It’s quite an intimate moment isn’t it? That bit of sharing between Paddy and Tess?

Dominic: He’s not been able to tell his wife about the shooting, about Aaron, and he’s feeling bad about it. And then someone turns up and he can just go blah, and there’s an understanding – and then there’s the back of the Yaris.

The backhanded compliment he gave her in the club turned out to be successful!

Dominic: I don’t think it would work in real life. You can pick on anybody- she could call me a fat git.

How does it feel to be playing someone naughty?

Nicola: I always play really nice people, don’t I? It’s difficult. It’s a stretch. It’s really nice actually to get to do that. I’m getting to the point of having enough of playing nice mums. That tough but vulnerable thing.

Dominic: It’s flattering for us on Emmerdale to have someone of Nicola’s calibre as well.

What kind of fan reactions are you expecting?

Dominic: I’m not looking for sympathy. I’m not wanting to change the scripts. I’ve been in scenes where people have said: ‘I’m not doing that, the audience will hate me’ and spent two weeks going up and down the stairs. I’ve never understood that. I’ve been waiting for something like this, and I’m going to indulge it.

How has Zoe Henry [who plays Rhona] reacted to the storyline?

Dominic: We’d had a fairly quietish year and we were told this was happening and we just got giddy and excited. She wanted to know whether we stay together and we were told the outcome – we know and you don’t.

To go back to Anna Friel, the first ever lesbian kiss, and to then have it broadcast at the Olympics including to 76 countries where homosexuality is illegal – how did that feel?

Nicola: I was thrilled. It’s great. I’m really proud of Brookside and everything it stood for, the sort of show it was. So many groundbreaking storylines. It was gritty. Before I was in it, I watched it and it inspired me to be an actress and do the shows I like doing, the gritty northern dramas.

It was fantastic and it was in the papers that it had been shown in countries where you don’t see girls kissing girls. I’ve not seen Anna for years because she moved away.

Source:
http://metro.co.uk/2015/10/22/emmerd...twist-5438050/

[maidmarian]

he was very worried for aaron, he squashed himself into small car back seat for nookie, bad paddy

St. Paddy -according to the interview!!

You are right tho- it was a selfless act!!

[maidmarian]

dupl

[Serena Williams]

The interesting thing is dominic says actors DO object to scripts! I thought they just do as they are told. I agree with Dominic paddy needs drama no one is perfect and I find Rhona a bit boring. Tess looks unhinged though too much like Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction.

[Perdita]

Oh, Paddy will regret that little "fling"