Emmerdale star William Ash leaves Caleb behind for role with EastEnders icon

Emmerdale’s William Ash has landed a caller relation distant from the ITV soap. 

The actor, who plays the Dales’ Caleb Milligan, is acceptable to look successful a caller abbreviated movie written by erstwhile EastEnders prima Toby-Alexander Smith, amended known arsenic Albert Square slayer Gray Atkins. 

Titled Finding Calm, the movie tells the communicative of a first-time begetter who becomes overwhelmed by the disconnection helium feels from his son. 

It aims to item the often-overlooked challenges that fathers look during the perinatal period, with wealth for the task successfully raised done a crowdfunder.

News of William’s casting was announced connected the film’s Instagram page, with a caption reading: ‘With conscionable 1 week to spell earlier we spell into production, we are thrilled to uncover the incredibly talented Will Ash joins the formed of Finding Calm and volition beryllium taking connected a precise pivotal relation successful the film.’

Metro assumes helium is filming alongside his relation arsenic Caleb arsenic determination has been nary denotation helium is leaving Emmerdale. 

He made his debut arsenic Cain and Chas Dingle’s (Jeff Hordley and Lucy Pargeter) long-lost half-brother Caleb backmost successful 2022. 

He is presently astatine the centre of a immense storyline connected screen, arsenic one of the suspects successful the frame for the execution of his father-in-law Anthony Fox (Nicholas Day). 

Caleb precocious discovered that Anthony had abused girl Ruby Fox-Miligan (Beth Cordingly) – Caleb’s woman – as a child.

William’s caller relation came astir aft Toby penned a publication aft becoming a first-time dada successful December 2021. 

The actor, who is joined to erstwhile Emmerdale prima Amy Walsh, said of the project: ‘When I became a Dad for the archetypal time, it didn’t instrumentality agelong earlier I noticed a displacement successful my intelligence health. It’s an emotionally demanding clip and everything feels truthful overmuch much heightened. That tin beryllium beauteous hard to navigate, particularly if you don’t speech astir it.

‘I did immoderate probe to effort and recognize much astir my travel into fatherhood and it became wide that whilst determination is simply a assemblage retired determination for men struggling with their intelligence wellness during the perinatal period, determination simply isn’t capable support. 

‘We often subordinate postnatal slump being linked to women but really akin signs tin amusement themselves successful men. This is thing that doesn’t truly get talked astir nor is it thing I person seen explored connected screen.’ 

Toby, who near EastEnders successful 2022 aft 3 years arsenic Gray, added: ‘I judge this movie volition talk to galore Dad’s retired determination who whitethorn request immoderate enactment and volition hopefully spark those important conversations which was yet the catalyst for penning and wanting to marque this film.’

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