By Helen Daly

Published: Monday, 21 March 2022 at 12:00 am


Mark Charnock, who plays Marlon Dingle in Emmerdale, has spoken about a particular acting technique he used to help with his upcoming big storyline.

Tonight, the veteran village character will suffer from a stroke, with the impact of it set to play out for weeks on the ITV soap.

Charnock appeared on This Morning earlier to talk about the upcoming plot and how he found playing the issue-based storyline – while there, he revealed he didn’t look in any mirrors while he was having a prosthetic fitted to show one of the symptoms of a stroke, dropped eyes and mouth.

“I’m not a method actor at all,” Charnock explained. “But I asked them to cover all the mirrors up in make-up when they put it on.

“What the viewers will see tonight is when I see it, the first time I’d seen it. It had an impact on me. The reaction viewers will see tonight is real, you know?”

The prosthetic used can be seen in a trailer released by the ITV soap ahead of the hard-hitting storyline.