Self Portrait Marlon Dingle

Emmerdale star MARK CHARNOCK paints a picture of what it’s like to play his character…

Greek God! I remember my audition script word for word. It said: ‘Marlon appears, he is a Greek god, an Adonis, the sort of man who makes women melt.’ I panicked until the director said they’d changed it – Marlon was a nerd who thought he was all those things! Marlon saw himself as a Lothario. His favourite chat-up line was, ‘The name’s Marlon, as in Brando.’ He thought he was a ladies’ man when he came into the show, and has punched above his weight quite substantially for many years!” Inner strength I realised over the years – and the way the writers angled it – that Marlon was hiding his true self behind a persona. He’s sensitive, soft-natured and quite openly emotional. That’s what women see in him,…

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Inside Soap UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, 03-2025

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