Danny Dyer felt his 'EastEnders' character had "lost his way" as his stint on the soap came to an end.
Danny Dyer felt his EastEnders character had 'lost his way' as his stint on the soap came to an end
The 45-year-old star bowed out of the BBC One show in December when his character Mick Carter went missing at sea in a dramatic Christmas Day (25.12.22) episode, and the star has now admitted he grew tired of people "constantly" telling him they didn't watch the programme anymore.
He said: "I felt my character had lost his way. I didn't quite know who I was playing anymore, it was a really odd thing.
"All I got for the past couple of years was, ‘You still in that 'EastEnders'? I don’t watch it anymore.’ Constantly, that was the thing.
"When I first came in there was like seven or eight million people watching it, of course because of streaming services and all that stuff a lot less people do watch it. It was more that people didn’t watch it anymore, 'You still in that?’ it was all that sort of dialogue.
"It was a lot of people, a lot of young people, young people don’t watch it."
While Mick is now missing and assumed dead, Danny admits his time on the show is not necessarily over, and hinted he could come back in three years "smothered in seaweed".
And the star admitted he could even return like Neighbours' Harold Bishop, when the character headed back to Erinsborough in 1996 after being assumed dead after he was washed away.
Speaking to iFL TV, Danny added: "I had a good reaction from all that [his final scenes]. I was very surprised by the amount of love I got from it, really. I didn’t quite know how that was going to go down.
"I do remember Harold Bishop, a few people have mentioned that to me because he died and then he came back, he washed up funnily enough, lost his memory.
"Who knows? They’ve kept it open, I could turn up in three years smothered in seaweed.
"I went to Canvey, I thought I’d go and get a caravan on Canvey Island."
Danny also admitted he is "very grateful" for 'EastEnders', describing it as a "good gig", but admitted it is "time to move on".
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