{"id":54544,"date":"2024-07-08T22:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T20:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2068577"},"modified":"2024-07-09T02:31:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T00:31:02","slug":"danny-dyer-mr-bigstuff-proved-i-made-the-right-decision-leaving-eastenders","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/danny-dyer-mr-bigstuff-proved-i-made-the-right-decision-leaving-eastenders\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Dyer: \u2018Mr Bigstuff proved I made the right decision leaving EastEnders\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The former Mick Carter actor is set to co-lead a new Sky comedy. <\/p>

By Morgan Cormack\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 08 July 2024 at 20:00 PM<\/p>

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Since his departure from EastEnders<\/a>, Danny Dyer has gone on to spread his wings from the world of soaps. He\u2019s already graced our screens in Celebrity Bake Off 2024<\/a>, Channel 5\u2019s Heat<\/a>, BBC\u2019s Henpocalypse!<\/a> and is now\u00a0set to co-lead Sky\u2019s latest comedy offering, Mr Bigstuff.<\/p>\n

Starring in the series alongside its creator and writer Ryan Sampson (Brassic<\/a>), the new show follows two estranged brothers who find themselves under one roof but soon see their lives starting to unravel once in each other\u2019s company.<\/p>\n

Speaking to this week\u2019s issue of Radio Times magazine<\/strong> about taking on the role of Lee in Mr Bigstuff, Dyer was asked whether he quit EastEnders because he\u2019d read the Mr Bigstuff script or whether it was just a coincidence.<\/p>\n

Dyer revealed: \u201cRyan was probably whispering in the ear of a witchcraft doll to tell me to leave\u2026 No, I needed to leave; this cemented that I\u2019d made the right decision. People said, \u2018Oh he\u2019ll be back, he won\u2019t get more work\u2019. How wrong were they?\u201d<\/p>\n

Chatting about writing Dyer into the series, Sampson said: \u201cAfter Danny had a cameo on Plebs, I got it into my head to write something about us as brothers. I thought it was funny: I\u2019m a tiny gay from up north and he\u2019s, well, Danny Dyer. A producer said, \u2018It\u2019s great \u2013 but you do know Danny\u2019s in EastEnders?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI hadn\u2019t considered that soaps film day in, day out, all year. I was crestfallen. But that weekend came the headline, \u2018Dyer quits EastEnders\u2019. It was God\u2019s plan, talking to me through the Daily Express!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Danny Dyer and Ryan Sampson in Mr Bigstuff.<\/span><\/figcaption> Sky<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Sampson leads the cast of Mr Bigstuff as Glen, who the official Sky synopsis describes as \u201ca nervy perfectionist and carpet salesman striving to live the suburban ideal\u201d, while Dyer is Lee, \u201can alpha male with a prescription drug addiction and a biscuit tin full of their dad\u2019s ashes\u201d.<\/p>\n

The synopsis continues: \u201cIn the Sky Original, Glen and his fianc\u00e9e Kirsty share a perfect, perfectly mundane life together. Sure, Glen\u2019s got crippling erectile dysfunction and Kirsty (Harriet Webb) has a secret shoplifting habit, but they\u2019re happy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is until Lee comes crashing into their lives, whilst on the run from a past that\u2019s quickly catching up with him. The trio are forced together: a perfectionist, a fantasist and an anarchist all living under the same roof in an Essex cul-de-sac. It\u2019s not long before their \u2018perfect\u2019 lives start to unravel faster than the weave of a cheap carpet.\u201d<\/p>

Dyer left his popular role of Mick Carter in EastEnders at the end of 2022, and to this day, fans are still wondering whether he could ever make a return.<\/p>\n

While the door to Mick\u2019s departure was left slightly ajar, Dyer has admitted that he\u2019d only really return for a dream sequence<\/a> to be reunited with former co-star Kellie Bright.<\/p>\n

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