Emmerdale’s Mark Charnock reveals April will be ‘changed forever’ in ‘thunderous and visceral’ developments
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Central to one of Emmerdale’s most dramatic story at the moment, Mark Charnock is lighting our TV screens with electrifying performances in what he calls a ‘thunderous and visceral’ storyline involving the disappearance of April Windsor played by the highly-praised youngster Amelia Flanagan.
![[Marlon and Rhona weep over April in Emmerdale]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/13_01_emm_rhona_marlon_02-bff4.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
In an exclusive interview with Metro, the acclaimed actor discusses the developments in April’s ordeal, his reaction to the story, how the ITV soap still makes him anxious, and an unfortunate cooking incident. I had a similar reaction to when I was told I was getting the stroke storyline. I just thought ‘This is going to be a really challenging, difficult thing.’ My main thought was with Amelia – she’s not had anything this extreme before and I wanted to be a person she was reliant to on set.
![[Rhona watches in horror as April gets drunk in Emmerdale]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/24_12_emm_april_drunk_01-3371.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
I think we’ve got that anyway, but I really wanted to be on it for her. It’s big. She’s brilliant but you forget how young she is. She’s extraordinary in this, there’s some stuff coming up that kills you. My initial reaction was ‘How do we get this right as actors?’ and I saw the structure of the story, and thought they’d done it really properly. People are often found in the first 48 hours so it’s relatively rare for somebody to go missing for a prolonged period of time, but it does happen with this age group.
![[Marlon Dingle speaking to Ross Barton in an alleyway in Emmerdale]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/14_01_emm_marlon_ross_03-89cc.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
I knew it was going to be really tough but we owe it to the people to get it as close as we can [to the truth]. I have an account on X, but I don’t really look at it anymore because it’s a hellscape. I don’t really look at social media in that regard anymore, but I’ve been told Amelia’s had an amazing response in regard to her performance, and they haven’t seen half of it yet! People who know me have said ‘It’s been really strong, it’s coming across well.’ So that’s nice.
![[Paddy and Marlon argue next to a tent in Emmerdale]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/06_06_emm_marlon_paddy_01-b24a.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
