‘Will gets really panicky’ Dean Andrews explains what really happens when Kim goes missing
Is everything as it seems?
Will Taylor in Emmerdale is in it right up to his neck having cheated on wife Kim, annoyed daughter Dawn, and now given in to a blackmailer – who’s about to kidnap Kim!
Things aren’t looking good for poor Will but it’s hard to feel sorry for him as it’s all totally his own fault!
And it’s all about to get worse!
We had a chat with Dean Andrews, who plays Will, to find out more about what’s going on.
“He’s found himself being blackmailed by somebody threatening to tell Kim about his little dalliance with his ex-wife Rose,” explains Dean.
“They’re demanding money and he’s desperate to keep it from Kim, for obvious reasons. So he’s going through all kinds of things to try and find the money to give the blackmailers what they want to kind of get him out of jail a little bit.”
Giving in to demands!
Despite Jimmy warning Will that it’s never a good idea to give in to a blackmailer’s demands, Will’s gone along with it all so far. So does he have any idea who’s behind the blackmail?
“He’s got no idea, he just keeps getting these random messages – even one or two AI messages which kind of freak him out,” says Dean. “He’s got no idea who the blackmailer is but he’s desperate to get the money so he can carry on his life at Home Farm.”
Once a cheater…
But can life really go back to normal now he’s cheated on Kim? After all, we all know secrets don’t stay secret for long in Emmerdale – she’s bound to find out eventually. If she hasn’t already!
“He knows deep down that he loves Kim and he really didn’t want much to do with Rose,” says Dean.
“Will loves Kim, they’ve got a great relationship. So he doesn’t want to lose all that. He’s got his daughter in the village and Kim’s been great with the grandkids and he’s desperate to keep his status at Home Farm.”
But will that be enough for Kim?! And does Will really think this will work?
“He’s hoping so!” Dean admits. “In his head, somebody asks for X amount of pounds, you find X amount of pounds and the problem will go away.”
So he’s got the cash for the blackmailer, and off he goes to deliver the money – but then he gets caught up in the barn fire and misses the drop off. And that’s when things get a whole lot worse.
Downward spiral ahead of kidnap in Emmerdale
“The blackmailer’s asking for more money because they’re angry,” explains Dean. “£50,000’s a lot of money, then Kim’s horse goes missing. He’s desperate and tries anything to find the money.”
And that ‘anything’ happens to be asking Caleb for the cash!
“It’s one of the few things he feels he can do. He goes to his best mate Caleb and asks him for 40 grand to make up the difference. He puts his shares in the haulage company as a guarantee to be paid back.”
And that means he’s gone behind Jimmy’s back, risking the business as well as his marriage.
“I don’t think he’s doing it personally towards Jimmy, I just think he doesn’t think he’s got any other way out,” muses Dean. “He’s hoping he gets the 40 grand from Caleb and he pays it off, everything becomes all right and he can somehow pay the 40 grand back and nobody’s going to be any the wiser.”
Emmerdale kidnap – Kim is taken
But of course Jimmy’s not happy, and the pair fall out, leaving Will even more isolated. And then Kim goes missing too!
“Kim said she was going to cook lunch and Will gets back and it’s absolutely burnt to a crisp. He thinks somebody’s come and grabbed her!”
And when the kidnapper calls, it all becomes clear. It turns out, Kim’s in danger and Will gets instructions about how to save her. He’s being directed into the woods, following signs…
“He’s getting directions from a voice in the woods, but he can’t fathom out where this voice is coming from or why,” says Dean.
“Will has just gone into a random woods, he’s hearing all kinds of voices, He gets really panicky. He knows he’s got the money in his bag, but he doesn’t know what’s going to happen when he finds her…”
Sounds intriguing! We can’t wait to find out what happens next.
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