{"id":54976,"date":"2024-07-18T20:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T18:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2074248"},"modified":"2024-07-18T22:03:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T20:03:34","slug":"emmerdale-star-james-chase-says-it-is-challenging-portraying-abuser-tom","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/emmerdale-star-james-chase-says-it-is-challenging-portraying-abuser-tom\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmerdale star James Chase says it is \u201cchallenging\u201d portraying abuser Tom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chase caught up with us at the RadioTimes.com Soap Awards 2024. <\/p>

By Helen Daly\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 18 July 2024 at 18:00 PM<\/p>

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At times on Emmerdale, it\u2019s incredibly difficult to watch evil Tom King Jr (played by James Chase) when he\u2019s at his worst in his abuse of Belle (Eden Taylor-Draper).<\/p>\n

But if we thought it was hard to watch, a thought for Chase, who finds it hard to play such an evil man.<\/p>\n

We caught up with Chase at the RadioTimes.com Soap Awards 2024<\/strong>, sponsored by Inspired Villages<\/a>, and spoke all about the villainous character.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it is challenging [playing Tom], because some of the scenes are pretty dark,\u201d the actor admitted. \u201cI always try to throw myself into it as much as I can, but I always stop myself from taking it home because it can be so dark.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Emmerdale\u2019s Belle and Tom King will be involved in a domestic abuse storyline.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Chase continued: \u201cYou have to make sure that you do enough to honour it, but not enough to the point where it affects you as a person, because you obviously know that you\u2019re not that character.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut there definitely are times where it\u2019s uncomfortable. At the end of the day, we know it has to be done because that\u2019s the only way we can really do this storyline.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the future of Tom and Belle, there\u2019s still a long way to go in the storyline.<\/p>

\u201cUnless there\u2019s an absolute brick wall that\u2019s before him, I think there\u2019s no barrier that\u2019s going to stop him from doing what he\u2019s doing,\u201d Chase admitted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bar is going to probably keep rising as to what he will do. I think he will do relatively anything to get control over her.\u201d<\/p>\n

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