Emmerdale star Mark Charnock has revealed some fascinating behind the scenes secrets of how he and the ITV soap team filmed his character Marlon Dingle’s heartbreaking stroke scenes.
Viewers watched as fan favourite Marlon suffered a severe stroke, just moments after he was celebrating the fact he was engaged to partner Rhona Kirk (Zoe Henry).
After watching the tough but moving scenes, soap fans praised Mark for how the sensitive storyline had been dealt with and said how realistic it seemed.
Now, speaking out on how he prepared, Mark, 53, has explained how he asked Emmerdale’s crew to cover up all mirrors when he was having a prosthetic fitted to show one of the symptoms of a stroke, dropped eyes and mouth.
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