Hollyoaks boss Bryan Kirkwood has promised more “gasp-out-loud” moments from evil Mac Nightingale as his return storyline hots up.
Show chiefs have reintroduced Mac to the regular cast, less than a year after he was diagnosed with ‘locked-in syndrome’ and written out of the Channel 4 soap.
Mac has returned to the village after making a miraculous recovery, and as we’ve seen with his behaviour towards Hunter McQueen before the teen’s exit, he hasn’t changed a bit.
Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, Bryan explained: “It was always the plan to bring Mac back – that’s why we didn’t kill him off last time. He’s one of my favourite ever villains.
“Not many people can do dastardly behaviour quite as deliciously as David Easter and we love him. When Mac called a dying Neeta a ‘bitch’ at her bedside, it was a gasp-out-loud moment. There’s set to be many more of those moments with his return plot.
“Mac is such a great baddie. There’s a great relationship between Mac, Marnie and James. His son Alfie is still his Achilles heel and Alfie remains the only character in the show who hasn’t had the scales fall from his eyes when it comes to Mac.
“That’s the heart of the story – Alfie’s love for his dad when everyone else sees him for who he is.”
Bryan added: “Mac’s return has also helped us to introduce the Quinn family. The secret that Romeo is James’s son is set to explode. Donna-Marie is an absolutely chaotic mess and is played brilliantly by Lucy-Jo Hudson.
“Donna-Marie’s daughter Juliet is also set to be a very exciting addition to the teen gang at Hollyoaks High.”
Hollyoaks airs weeknights at 6.30pm on Channel 4, with first look screenings at 7pm on E4.
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