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Emmerdale Pierce star Jonathan Wrather's life from co-star romance to career u-turn
Emmerdale scenes.Marcus Dean's presence in the village comes as a huge shock as he drops a huge bombshell. Emmerdale producer Kate Brooks has revealed that while his arrival will certainly bring a lot of drama to the soap, there is more to him than meets the eye.She explained: "Marcus' arrival will certainly ruffle a few feathers and flutter a few hearts in the village."However, people will soon realise there's more to Marcus than merely being the son of Pierce."Pierce was one of Emmerdale's most villainous characters, but in real life, actor Jonathan Wrather is worlds away from his onscreen counterpart with roles in rival soaps, a sweet family life in Cheshire and a surprise career u-turn.Emmerdale fans were shocked in 2020 after Pierce made a return to the village and killed Graham Foster.However, the actor revealed on ITV daytime programme This Morning that the soap team went to great lengths to keep his return a secret in order to surprise fans and the cast.He said at the time: "There was so much secrecy shrouding the whole event, I even had an alias in the script – half the cast didn't even know I was there."I was sneaking in the side entrance to the studios."Jonathan added: "So a lot of people didn't know I was there, and when they were reading 'Mark TBA', which was my alias, no-one really twigged who it was for quite some time.