Emmerdale’s Ethan Anderson has recently been involved in a hard-hitting racism storyline in the ITV soap. Ethan recently decided to stop representing Jordan Greenlow (played by Jack Parr) after his latent racism became too much for the solicitor to handle. Actor Emile has opened up about his work away from the soap and revealed he would be going back to his “first love” of music.
Speaking to ITV daytime chat show host Lorraine Kelly, Emile explained: “Music was definitely my first love.
“I need to get back into the studio, this job has taken precedent and taken over my life, I have become better at balancing my schedule and understanding when I need to learn lines and when to have time to myself.
“I have spoken to my good friend who runs my music thing, and we are sort of stacking music and getting a catalogue going.
“So at some point, we are going to start releasing stuff, it is coming soon,” he revealed.
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In Emmerdale, Ethan recently suffered an attack from Jordan after he was on his way to spend the evening with Marcus Dean (Darcy Grey).
Unbeknownst to Ethan, Jordan was following close behind after he left the office.
At the subway, Ethan is alarmed to be accosted by Jordan, but the latter’s racist tirade is too hard to take in without retaliating.
Ethan calls him out for what he is, and Jordan responds by throwing him to the floor, with the solicitor being filled with dread over what he knows Jordan was capable of.
“Yeah, some of the lines and the dialogue that is used is kind of vile, uncomfortable to hear as Emile, the person,” he admitted.
“But you know, it kind of fueled my responses in that regard, and my responses were true because hearing that.
“I probably wouldn’t have the temperament that Ethan does, but you know Ethan deals with it the only way he knows how to.”
Lorraine also asked whether Emile thought racism was being tackled due to young people being more educated and accepting.
He agreed and explained: “At school, I had sly quips and digs with regards to being black, and at the time, people might think that was funny and a joke.
“But with the Black Lives movement, I just feel like there is more licence to call people out whereas before, I might internalise certain digs and racial slurs.
“That would then lead to self-depreciation, which is never a good thing, but there is definitely progress.”
Emmerdale airs weekdays at 7:30pm on ITV, with an hour-long episode airing on Thursdays.