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Emmerdale<\/a>\u2018s newest star Ben Richards has spoken about his upcoming episodes as the soap\u2019s latest villain Gavin, teasing a potential rivalry between the businessman and long-time resident Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley).<\/p>\n Richards, who has previously appeared in Footballers\u2019 Wives, Holby City and The Bill, made his Emmerdale debut last week as Gavin \u2013 an associate of Al Chapman, who has been trying to convert The Woolpack into a block of luxury flats, and a loan shark.<\/p>\n Speaking to\u00a0RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press, Richards revealed that his character is a rather shady figure, who will be fairly wary of Emmerdale\u2019s resident bad boy Cain.<\/p>\n \u201cHe would be concerned about Cain as he isn\u2019t afraid to get his hands dirty. I do believe though that Gavin is a match for him and even superior,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cGavin spends his life dealing with people who aren\u2019t afraid but he is also aware that Cain can be dangerous so it\u2019s about managing that.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked whether he\u2019d be open to Gavin becoming a more regular character on the soap, Richards said: \u201cIt\u2019s up to the viewers to write in and say they want more Gavin!<\/p>\n \u201cIf this is just a period of time for Gavin, it will still be an absolute joy. If they want him back, then great!\u201d<\/p> Last night\u2019s episode of Emmerdale saw Belle (Eden Taylor-Draper) accompany Tracy (Amy Walsh) on their diversionary day out, while Nate (Jurell Carter) tried to make amends with Tracy.<\/p>\n Additional reporting by Jonathan Hughes.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Emmerdale continues at 7pm on weekdays on ITV with previous episodes available on ITV Hub.<\/strong><\/p>\n By Lauren Morris Published: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 at 12:00 am Emmerdale\u2018s newest star Ben Richards has spoken about his upcoming episodes as the soap\u2019s latest villain Gavin, teasing a potential rivalry between the businessman and long-time resident Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley). Richards, who has previously appeared in Footballers\u2019 Wives, Holby City and The Bill, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":8079,"template":"","categories":[1,2,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/emmerdale-newcomer-teases-showdown-with-cain-dingle-and-eyes-up-permanent-role.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/emmerdale-newcomer-teases-showdown-with-cain-dingle-and-eyes-up-permanent-role-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/emmerdale-newcomer-teases-showdown-with-cain-dingle-and-eyes-up-permanent-role-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/emmerdale-newcomer-teases-showdown-with-cain-dingle-and-eyes-up-permanent-role.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/emmerdale-newcomer-teases-showdown-with-cain-dingle-and-eyes-up-permanent-role.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/emmerdale-newcomer-teases-showdown-with-cain-dingle-and-eyes-up-permanent-role.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/emmerdale-newcomer-teases-showdown-with-cain-dingle-and-eyes-up-permanent-role.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lauren Morris Published: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 at 12:00 am Emmerdale\u2018s newest star Ben Richards has spoken about his upcoming episodes as the soap\u2019s latest villain Gavin, teasing a potential rivalry between the businessman and long-time resident Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley). Richards, who has previously appeared in Footballers\u2019 Wives, Holby City and The Bill,…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/8078"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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