Louis Healy has admitted that landing a role on Emmerdale back in 2019 was “amazing”.
The actor, 21, appeared on the ITV soap opera between 2019 and 2020, playing the role of Danny Harrington, the ex-boyfriend of Sarah Sugden.
Louis’ character met Sarah online in September 2019 before meeting in person and hitting it off, but Dany had second thoughts and was scared off by Sarah’s infamous family.
However, love was back on when Charity Dingle tracked Danny down but he was faced with a troubling storyline, asking Sarah to sell drugs for him – claiming he’d be beaten up if she didn’t.
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Speaking exclusively to the Daily Star, Louis said: “It was amazing, it was by far my biggest job and my highest-profile role.
“Obviously my storyline and character was heavily involved with the Dingle’s and with Sarah, who is one of the main parts of the family.”
He added: “I was so excited when I arrived there, obviously my mum had been in soaps and was affiliated with ITV and it was a full-circle moment for me, not just for me but for my mum and dad too.
“The stuff I got to do, it was the first time I ever got to play a real baddie for an extended amount of time, so I got to develop the character in a way that I hadn’t before because I’ve only done things for a month or two at a time.
“Whereas Emmerdale, I was in that for about seven or eight months so I really got to dig my teeth into it.”
However, Louis admits that his parent’s fame didn’t cause him to feel any pressure to find certain roles.
The son of Denise Welch and Tim Healy continued: “I used to feel a little bit of that when I was younger but never from my parents or anyone in my family, it was the pressure like that from my peers.
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“Kids wouldn’t feel as awkward coming up to you being like ‘God, you’ve got balls haven’t you trying to become whatever when your parents have big shoes to fill.’
“I’ve never felt any sort of pressure to fill any boots, my parents are both successful in their own right and at the start of my career it opened a couple of doors for me.”
“Any parent who has kids who want to go into acting does, they get into contact with agencies and I was a minor so they had to sign things.”
Since leaving the leafy village of Emmerdale, Louis has gone on to star in Hotel Portofino, The Pact and Vera.
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Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
