Emmerdale newcomer Darcy Grey reveals more on Pierce's son Marcus

New Emmerdale star Darcy Grey has opened up a bit about his new character Marcus Dean, the son of evil Pierce Harris.

The star, who is set to make his debut on the soap next month, was announced to be joining the cast earlier this month, and will be part of a gripping storyline with Rhona Goskirk, whose ex-husband Pierce is in prison.

The emergence of Marcus will no doubt be difficult for Rhona, who thought she had put the dark period in the past, with questions raised over whether she can let Marcus into her life.

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Speaking to Digital Spy and other media about his character, however, Darcy described him as "interesting", while also a "bit of an outcast".

"He doesn't necessarily know what his position is and the interesting point at this part of the storyline is that all of a sudden it has shifted what he thought was a calm life," he explained.

"He's got himself a job, he knows where his mum lives and he thought he knew where he was and then all of a sudden this piece of information comes through about his dad and it's just shifted things and reverted it back to this unstable position for him.

from itvstrict embargo no use before embargo 700am wednesday 12th january 2020emmerdale turmoil for rhona as pierce’s son arrives in the villagerhona goskirk’s life is turned upside down when the son of her violent ex husband pierce arrives in the village she’s finally getting on with her life after the trauma of her ill fated relationship with pierce, so marcus’s arrival comes as a huge shock to her how will she react when she comes face to face with him actor darcy grey takes the role of marcus dean, who has his father’s brooding good looks, but do the similarities end there what kind of childhood did marcus have and has his upbringing affected how he lives his life now the mention of pierce, who is still serving time in prison for raping rhona, is certain to bring back anxiety and trauma for rhona, and she will have to dig deep to overcome the terrible experiences of her past, so can she allow marcus into her life is rhona opening herself up to more pain which could ultimately destroy her relationship with marlon marcus will first appear on our screens on thursday 3rd februarypicture contact davidcrookitvcomthis photograph is c itv plc and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme or event mentioned above, or itv plc once made available by itv plc picture desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the transmission tx date and no reproduction fee will be charged any subsequent usage may incur a fee this photograph must not be manipulated excluding basic cropping in a manner which alters the visual appearance of the person photographed deemed detrimental or inappropriate by itv plc picture desk this photograph must not be syndicated to any other company, publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of itv picture desk full terms and conditions are available on wwwitvcompresscentreitvpicturesterms

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"The reason I think he's an outcast is because he's always had that pressure from his dad. He left when he was so young and so he never had that clear path that a lot of people do have, usually, and so now that he has come to the village, it's kind of an open book as to where the next stage of Marcus goes, so that's why I think it's quite an exciting point in his life."

However, Darcy went on to suggest that Marcus may not be completely different from his evil father, saying: "I think we all don't think that we're like our parents in real life.

"Me and my dad, I know him very well but I didn't grow up with him and so there's always been a separation even though we've been empathetically close but I've always thought 'I'm not really like him, I'm definitely like my mum.'

"But as I'm growing slightly older, I'm noticing little bits that I'm like 'My dad reacts like that, my dad does those sorts of things' so I think Marcus likes to think he's nothing like his dad but I think that instinctual thing comes out of him through the story, that's the bit that we'll tend to see that he is quite similar to his dad at some point."

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As for joining the Emmerdale cast, Darcy admitted it was "still very much a pinch-yourself type of moment".

"I don't think it's even sunk in now and I've done quite a bit of filming with Zoe [Henry] and Mark [Charnock]," he said.

"You just feel lucky to be part of an ensemble because I was having a chat with my agent beforehand, I was dying to do some theatre, something to work in and amongst a group of people because that's the bit that I personally find quite a lot of fun and she literally delivered because everyone so far that I've met has been so lovely and even though it's a different type of aesthetic when you're filming during this pandemic, it still feels like a big strong family so its lovely to come in and see all the smiley faces."

Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 7pm on ITV, with an extra episode at 8pm on Thursdays.