Emmerdale star Jeff Hordley calls for big change after murder storyline

Jeff Hordley has called for a big change to his Emmerdale character amid a murder storyline.

Cain Dingle was thought to be responsible for the death of businessman Al Chapman, but it was later revealed that it was actually Kyle Winchester, his son, who had fired the gun. As a result, Kyle is still waiting to hear what will happen to him whilst Cain is now out of prison and back living in the village but isn't able to see his son at present.

Following the dramatic storyline last year, actor Jeff - who plays Cain on the ITV soap - is calling soap writers to make a change to his character amid the soap's dramatic storylines as of late.

Cain was in prison for a short while (ITV)

Speaking to Digital Spy, he said: "I don't think he needs a nemesis all the time! I think it would be nice to not have that for a while, to be honest - but I think they always like to put somebody against Cain.

"I'm quite happy for there to be no nemesis for the time being, because then it makes a life a little bit more simpler!"

Jeff feels Cain hasn't learned much from his time inside - but is always hopeful there's "new pathaways" ahead.

Cain and Caleb aren't seeing eye to eye (ITV)

He added: "If I'm speaking honestly as me playing the character, I don't think he's learned much from his time inside so far! But I hope to see some lessons and a change because of his actions. Fingers crossed that creates new pathways for him.

"His DNA is always going to be there. He's always going to react in situations. But I do think big things like this hopefully should teach us lessons - and if they don't, we're not going to better ourselves, are we? History is there for a reason."

Cain Dingle actor Jeff Hordley has called for a big change to his Emmerdale character amid the recent murder storyline on the ITV soap (ITV)

Jeff had previously opened up about his decision to leave his role as Cain back in 2006, before returning a few years later.

"From 2000 until 2006, I'd only been four years out of drama school. I hadn't ticked all of the boxes that I wanted to tick. There were a couple of places where I wanted to work in London," he said, "I wanted to fulfil those things. So for three years, I did that."

*Emmerdale airs weekdays at 7.30pm on ITV1 and ITVX, with an hour long episode on Thursdays.