Hollyoaks star speaks out on whether James is alive after unexpected twist

Hollyoaks prima Gregory Finnegan has addressed the anticipation that James Nightingale is live pursuing a twist successful the latest occurrence and unluckily it’s not bully news.

James, arsenic viewers know, was controversially killed off during the Channel 4 soap’s stunt week, going up successful flames soon aft reuniting with beau Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson) and uncovering retired that he did not person a encephalon tumour.

Gregory, a staple of the long-running play for astir a decade, subsequently addressed his departure, confirming to Metro that helium was 1 of the casualties of the casting cuts, meaning that the decision to permission was not his.

The histrion told ua that helium thought his character, 1 of the show’s astir popular, had ‘more to give’.

‘I surely didn’t privation to beryllium killed off,’ helium told us. ‘I went into a gathering wherever tons of radical had mislaid their jobs. There were surely immoderate high-profile casualties and I deliberation I was astir apt 1 of those. It was conscionable truly bittersweet due to the fact that the Nightingale household was wholly decimated and I was the past antheral standing. 

‘I wasn’t surprised. I could spot what they were going for. To an grade they privation a high-profile casualty that hooks radical into coming backmost for their 3 occurrence offering. I’m a realist and I recognize successful this lawsuit I was the sacrificial lamb for that.’

James’ departure near fans devastated. The character’s hubby Ste – who was successful the aforesaid conveyance – someway managed to marque it retired of the blast physically unscathed, and – aft a clip leap into the aboriginal – helium woke from a coma to find his beingness wholly turned upside down.

Ste present believes that James is live – seeing what helium believes to beryllium his hubby everyplace helium goes.

It’s mostly believed that he’s struggling with grief and truthful his caput is playing tricks connected him but things took rather a crook successful Wednesday’s (October 16) offering of the serial, with Rex Gallagher (Jonny Labey) – who has been by Ste’s broadside since the blaze – making rather a confusing telephone call.

‘As acold arsenic Ste is concerned, James Nightingale is dormant and buried, truthful wherefore archer him immoderate different?’ helium said to an chartless caller.

Ste was listening successful to said telephone telephone and came to judge that this is confirmation that James is inactive alive. He wasn’t the lone 1 to judge specified a thing, with fans present desperately hoping that James is, successful fact, inactive live and frankincense volition instrumentality successful the future.

‘Wait………did Rex conscionable accidental James was alive???,’ wrote 1 excited instrumentality connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter. Social media idiosyncratic Angel was likewise shocked: ‘There’s nary way!? James can’t beryllium live tin he!? Now that would beryllium a crippled twist!

Despite the twist, however, it seems that James is not coming back, with prima Gregory confirming specified a happening connected his Instagram Stories aft excited fans reached retired asking for much information.

‘From the magnitude of messages I’ve got successful the past 24hrs thing appears to beryllium happening connected Hollyoaks’, helium wrote. ‘It’s quality to me.’

No, you’re crying.

Greg wrote a book, The World According To Grog, which details his clip connected the Hollyoaks – including his axing and departure.

‘It did [help maine travel to presumption with the exit] due to the fact that you support going backmost to it,’ helium told us. ‘I’d written a ample portion of the publication agelong earlier I recovered retired astir this.

‘I’d written it with a presumption to immoderate chartless day successful the aboriginal but I didn’t truly person an ending and you benignant of request an ending for these benignant of things, wherever you commencement a travel and get immoderate benignant of closure.’

Hollyoaks streams Mondays to Wednesdays from 7am on Channel 4’s streaming platform, oregon drawback episodes connected TV astatine 7pm connected E4.

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