Former Emmerdale star Liam Fox has addressed the possibility of returning to the soap, teasing that it could “maybe” happen.
The actor played Dan Spencer on the ITV soap for 12 years before departing in August 2023, with the character being incarcerated for the manslaughter of Lloyd Sawyer, who had been harassing his daughter Amelia.
18 months on from his departure, Fox is currently on the stage as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - The Musical tours the UK, but the actor didn’t rule out the possibility of reprising his role on Emmerdale in the future.
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“Emmerdale was fantastic in many, many ways,” he told Leeds Live. “It was 12 years - maybe I’ll go back one day, maybe I won’t. Whatever job you do, when you have been there 12 years, you need a change of scenery. I’m glad I’ve had it.
“Dan is only in prison. So to a certain extent I feel as though Dan, as a person, is still in the show. He’s just not on screen… They [the producers] have said they are open to it when that time is up. He got eight years, he’ll probably do four, so he’ll be out in a couple of years.
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“Whether he’d come back, I don’t know, as his daughter now lives in Leicester. It depends if the writers come up with something decent and what I’m doing at the time. Who knows, let’s see what I’m doing at the time and what the universe brings.”
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Whilst Fox may not be returning to the Dales in the immediate future, the actor did confirm that he is still in touch with several former co-stars after they had come to watch his latest performance, sharing: “I’m still in touch with the people, all my best mates there.
“In fact, a lot of my mates who were in the show have left now like my on-screen daughter [Daisy Campbell]. Tony Audenshaw, who plays Bob [Hope], has come to see the show. Chris Chittell (Eric Pollard) has been as has Lesley Dunlop (Brenda Walker).”
Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 7.30pm on ITV1, and streams on ITVX.
