{"id":44028,"date":"2025-07-30T11:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=44028"},"modified":"2025-07-30T11:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:34:09","slug":"has-dylan-been-recast-emmerdale-confused-fans-question-actor-fred-kettle-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/characters\/has-dylan-been-recast-emmerdale-confused-fans-question-actor-fred-kettle-left\/","title":{"rendered":" Has Dylan been recast? Confused Emmerdale fans question if actor Fred Kettle has left the role"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dylan Penders made a return to screens in Emmerdale last night and fans were thrilled to see actor Fred Kettle<\/a> back as April\u2019s friend from the streets.<\/p>

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But they all had one question: is it the same actor \u2013 because he looks very<\/em> different to the last time we saw him!<\/p>\n

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Dylan was a shell of himself when he was on the street (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dylan in Emmerdale<\/h2>\n

The first time we met Dylan was in February of this year when we found out where missing April had been<\/a>. She ran away on Christmas Day and was living in a squat with Dylan.<\/p>\n

Dylan had rescued her from a dodgy man on the streets and was helping her to survive. They had become very close and when April was eventually discovered \u2013 having given birth to a stillborn baby \u2013 she brought Dylan home with her.<\/p>\n

Marlon was not impressed to have an addict in his house and wanted his influence over April gone. So he set Dylan up for supposedly stealing ketamine from the vets. Although Dylan protested his innocence even April didn\u2019t believe him.<\/p>\n

Dylan ended up taking an overdose<\/a> and almost dying. Marlon felt so bad he paid for Dylan to go to rehab and we haven\u2019t seen him since.<\/p>

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