EMMERDALE star Ryan Hawley has teased a huge twist in the standalone Robert Sugden prison special – and it might be bad news for Aaron Dingle.
The actor recently returned to play killer Robert after a six year absence and fans have been hoping for a reunion between Robert and ex-husband Aaron.
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Ryan Hawley has teased the special prison episode of EmmerdaleCredit: ITV
The special will explore how Robert and husband Kev came to meetCredit: ITV
However they have had problems with both Aaron’s serial killer husband John Sugden – also Robert’s brother – and Robert’s prison husband Kev.
Robert initially hid his prison husband from everyone in the village – until Kev turned up on his doorstep for a happy reunion.
Kev dropped the bombshell that he has just months to live – and viewers know that he is lying to manipulate Robert.
And now while fans know Robert has been secretly carrying on with Aaron in the hopes that Kev will die quickly, leave him his fortune and he can then reunite with his true love, things might not go his way.
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Speaking about the storyline, Ryan said: “So I didn’t know I had a husband in prison. I found out I had a husband, and then, obviously, we meet Chris and I was kind of trepidatious as to what that would be like, because, you’re going to be doing so much stuff with someone, and everyone seems to have a story, everyone knew him, and he was everyone’s mate.
“Then I met him, and we had some really nice scenes together and they were brilliant.
“Chris was brilliant in the scenes and I was genuinely really excited, I am genuinely, really excited to see how people are going to respond to him, because I think it’s a brilliant character, a great addition to the cast.”
And with the upcoming prison special, there will be a major twist in it – and it might be bad news for Aaron.
Ryan said: “For us to have this flashback, it’s lovely to have that whole episode to get to tell a story, and this backstory that we got to flesh out this, there’s one particularly very nice little twist that neither of us knew about it until I read the script.
“I remember reading it like and I was like, ‘whoa’, because no one that was something that had happened, and it is massively pivotal.
“As far as we know, no one finds out about it so there are some interesting things that they’re sewing in this episode for things potentially leading forward.
“So yeah, a great opportunity for me and Chris to work quite a lot together, intensively and a huge privilege, when you have that much story offered to you. So hopefully people will enjoy it, and hopefully it will be a good episode.”
He added: “It’s leading to a climax.”
