Hollyoaks to tackle 'huge problem in UK' as 'gripping' New Year storyline revealed

EXCLUSIVE: Hollyoaks prima Jonny Labey, who plays Rex Gallagher successful the Channel 4 soap, has teased a immense caller storyline which volition spot the amusement tackle a "huge occupation successful the UK"

Jonny Labey has fto gaffe details astir a large crippled twist acceptable to shingle up Hollyoaks successful 2025.

The actor, who plays the enigmatic Rex Gallagher, teased that the Channel 4 soap volition diagnostic a storyline which is simply a "a immense occupation successful the UK".

Since making his explosive debut earlier this year, Rex has been astatine the epicentre of the enactment from a budding romance with Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson) to the shocking revelation that he's Grace Black's (Tamara Wall) long-lost brother. Now, caller episodes uncover Rex embroiled successful much intrigue, arriving astatine a location wherever newcomers Jacob and Kat are successful hiding.

Rex ominously assures them their enactment is temporary, but wherefore are they covertly tucked away, and what binds them to Rex? Speaking of what's coming up, Jonny shared: "We're introduced to Jacob and Kat and they are small spot of Rex's past. Before helium came to Chester, helium was progressive successful assorted exploitation avenue and helium has a transportation with these 2 people."

He besides disclosed: "This full clip since Rex has fallen successful emotion with Ste, and tried to rewrite his ways, he's been keeping Jacob and Kat successful a harmless house, keeping them distant from the danger.", reports the Liverpool Echo.

He continued, "In a mode to benignant of crook his beingness astir and bash thing bully for a change. There's been each these tiny hints and clues which person truly gone nether the radar astir Rex turning astir and doing thing bully and trying to crook a caller leaf."

Jonny played it coy erstwhile discussing the aboriginal of the 2 caller characters connected the show, teasing, "As acold arsenic I'm allowed to say, this each links successful with a huge, immense storyline. They are benignant of readying and aligning rather a batch of things truthful it each lines up. The penning squad are making definite they are steering it successful the close mode and linking everything unneurotic due to the fact that there's truthful galore crossovers."

He hinted astatine a larger transportation to the show's past, explaining, "Jacob and Kat are a immense nexus to what Rex was. He's travel from a full dynasty of information and crime.

"What happens adjacent truly affects a batch of radical successful the village. It's truly gathering up to thing which Rex is hugely a portion of adjacent twelvemonth which is truly rather turbulent but besides rather gripping and it's thing that's a immense occupation successful the UK and it's a immense occupation with however radical are treated."

Jonny added that the storyline is not often talked about, saying, "It's not needfully a communicative that's been spoken astir a batch truthful I tin archer you that and Rex is benignant of being astatine the forefront. Something monolithic happens successful the New Year and it's nostalgic successful a weird mode for fans truthful it's truly going to acceptable things connected occurrence but what it leads to and the world Kat and Jacob are a portion of is simply a overmuch bigger picture."

Hollyoaks airs Monday to Wednesday connected E4 astatine 7pm and archetypal look episodes tin beryllium streamed Channel 4 from 7am