Emmerdale star Mark Charnock explains Marlon and Rhona’s split scene
"It just detonates the relationship."
Emmerdale spoilers follow.
Emmerdale star Mark Charnock has explained Marlon Dingle and Rhona Goskirk’s upcoming split scene.
The couple are currently struggling in their marriage after Rhona decided to suddenly turn against Gus Malcolms in court which sent him to prison – a decision which angered Marlon.
The growing tensions between the pair are set to boil over next week at a dinner party hosted by Tom and Belle King.
Actor Charnock explained the state of their relationship before the get-together with friends, and said: “Given where they are at, and it gets pretty ugly running up to the dinner party, they shouldn’t be out in public because it can only escalate. The day before, they try to sort it out but it falls apart again and it gets much worse.
“But Rhona tells him she’s accepted this dinner invitation which, to him, is another little example of Rhona making decisions without him. Every little thing she does now is like he’s waiting for her to make a mistake.
“Everything she does now that doesn’t involve him feels like a decision make unilaterally. He starts to see a problem in everything. So they shouldn’t be at the dinner party because it can only lead to disaster, and it really does.”
The special episode, which will air on Tuesday, May 7, will show two different perspectives on the same night, and will see Marlon and Rhona’s marriage appear to come to an end.
Speaking about the dramatic scenes, Charnock said: “He’s horrible to her and she’s horrible to him as well. They’re both kind of stuck in their own corner, and I think they both recognise their own unreasonableness but personal pride and ego won’t let them come out of it.
“He said some things the day before which she brings up in front of everybody, which is embarrassing for him. It gets ugly, she gets more and more provoked, alcohol is involved and it just detonates the relationship.”