Former Emmerdale star Ian Kelsey has spoken about his desire to return to the soap despite his character Dave Glover being killed off.
Ian, 55, played Dave Glover in Emmerdale between 1994 and 2001. As fans will likely remember, Dave had an affair with Kim Tate.
The character of Dave died after injuries from a fire. Despite this, Ian would love an opportunity to return to Emmerdale.
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As implausible as it sounds, we’ve regularly characters return from the dead in soapland. Ian spoke to Inside Soap about how he’d see a possible return.
“I suppose what needs to happen is Dave Glover's twin brother needs to come back and claims rights to Jamie (Tate),” he said. “He'd have a different walk but he'd look quite like Dave.
“I'd come back into the show and sweep Kim off her feet – can we make that happen?" We imagine many Emmerdale fans would like to see this happen - perhaps as part of the soap’s 50th anniversary celebrations?
Elsewhere, Ian has discussed being the ‘Sean Bean of soaps’. By that, he’s referring to dying in a number of roles.
Other than Emmerdale, Ian has appeared in Coronation Street, Casualty, and Doctors. His characters Vinny Ashford, Patrick Spiller and Howard Bellamy all met grisly ends.
Ian explained: “The problem with me is that I'm too honest for my own good. I get this three-year itch. I got it on Emmerdale and Casualty, same on Doctors too.
“So I'll say to the producers, 'Look, I think I'm done, I need to move on' – instead of leaving it until I'm a day away from signing a new contract so they can't kill me off. The writers start rubbing their hands with glee, going ‘how can we lose this character in a dramatic fashion?’.
“So I've been killed off four times now. I have three coffin plaques for my characters – I put them on my Christmas tree.”
On the subject of Emmerdale’s 50th anniversary, we'll bring you everything you need to know about the big milestone in the coming months. You can also visit our Emmerdale homepage to find the latest gossip about the soap.
