Danny Dyer to take break for EastEnders?

Danny Dyer has revealed he wants EastEnders bosses to allow him to take a break from the soap.

The actor, who plays Queen Vic boss Mick Carter, has told he still wants to have a movie career.

So he is hoping that he can do both soap and movies in the future by getting time off from EastEnders.

He said: "So long as EastEnders allows it, I can flit out, go do a movie, come back to Mick Carter."

But he assured fans: "At the moment Mick's in my heart and I want to see where we can go with it."

Danny also revealed how he's pleased with the reaction he's had from fans, especially after the scenes in which his screen son, Johnny, comes out gay.

Some claimed the scenes helped them come out to their own parents.

Speaking to Attitude magazine, Danny said: "I've never had that before. I've had people come up to me after Human Traffic and go, 'I took my first E because of you', or 'I head-butted someone because I watch Football Factory.'

"I've never had anything like that - really heartfelt."

Danny Dyer teases his first EastEnders fight scene

Danny Dyer has spoken about his first fight scene in EastEnders.

The actor - who plays Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter in the BBC soap - told Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw that he was filming his first set of punches today (March 28).

"It's a good day today because I knock someone's spark out," he told the breakfast show host.

"I can't tell you who unfortunately, but it's the first time I get to swing a dig.

"I'm in order as well," he added. "They deserve it!"
"It's one clump... and obviously it's a geezer; I wouldn't hit a woman," explained Dyer.

"He goes right over. You know, it's going to be a long day, but there'll be plenty of clumping."

The actor - who first appeared in the soap last December - recently admitted that he was frustrated that "posh boy" Benedict Cumberbatch never has problems getting taken seriously, especially when it comes to theatre work.

"I play working class people, and I get mocked for it," he told Woman magazine.

"I'm stereotyped, he's not. I've done plays at the National Theatre, come off stage and gone into the bar and I ain't got nothing in common with those people."

Dyer: 'I get stereotyped unlike posh boy Cumberbatch'

Danny Dyer has hit out at "snobbery" within showbiz circles and said that he struggles with "playing the game".

The EastEnders actor revealed that he feels stars such as Benedict Cumberbatch are taken more seriously than him, despite his acting background.

He told Woman magazine: "You've got actors like Benedict Cumberbatch - a great actor, but he's a posh boy playing posh boys. He does it well, and he doesn't get mocked for that.

"I play working class people, and I get mocked for it. I'm stereotyped, he's not. I've done plays at the National Theatre, come off stage and gone into the bar and I ain't got nothing in common with those people.

"When it comes to playing the game, I'm rubbish. The middle-class actors are better prepped at working the system, because they've got more in common with the decision makers."

Dyer, who plays Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter in EastEnders, also revealed that the show's bosses have asked him to tone down his remarks on Twitter now that he is working for the BBC.
He said: "I sat down with the producers of EastEnders and the Twitter thing was one of their main worries. But they have to understand that they've brought me into the show for my brand and there's a side effect of that.

"They're taking a risk with me and that's what's going to make it exciting. It's tough landing as high profile [a job] as EastEnders because I have to be me but dumbed down, and I don't do that very well."

Dyer's magazine interview today sparked one tabloid report which suggested that he was already in trouble with 'hostile' show bosses over his Twitter persona, but an EastEnders spokesperson told Digital Spy that there is no truth in the claims.

Producers previously publicly supported the actor after he hit back at homophobic remarks on Twitter surrounding his on-screen son's sexuality storyline.