Emmerdale Danny Miller worried over soap axe after relocating entire family to Leeds
12.03.2024 - 06:53
/ ok.co.uk
Emmerdale ’s Aaron Dingle has suffered an abusive childhood, lost the love of his life, mourned the tragic death of his little sister and spent time in prison – and still there’s no end in sight for his heartache. Now the troubled mechanic, played by Danny Miller, is coming to terms with his mother Chas’s breast cancer diagnosis and the knowledge that he has a heightened risk of developing cancer too, after a test reveals he has inherited the BRCA2 gene from her. “My first thought about this story was, ‘I’ve just moved to Leeds, please don’t kill me off!’” laughs Danny.
“There are people who just have bad luck, which follows them. So I knew what they were going to say when it was the three of them [Chas’s brothers Caleb Miligan and Cain Dingle and her son Aaron] who take the gene test. I remember saying, ‘It’s me that gets it, isn’t it?’” Cain (Jeff Hordley) and Caleb (William Ash) are relieved when they test negative.
And when Chas asks Aaron, he pretends he’s also in the clear. “I don’t think Aaron realises the seriousness of it straight away,” says Danny. “Aaron’s always been one of those people who doesn’t like constant eyes and attention on him.
If he were to tell people when he’s not dealt with it himself, he’s likely to get a lot of people asking if he’s alright, which is the worst question you can ask him.” While Danny’s fear was that his character would be killed off, he later realised it was a good storyline to have. “I’ve always been interested in those types of stories that are untouched and untold,” he says. “But it’s naïve of me to not think about male breast cancer.
“I spoke to a couple of other people here, males, and they didn’t know about it either. So it would be an interesting story. “For now, Aaron
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