Full details of Robert Sugden's Emmerdale return as Ryan Hawley reprises role permanently
EMMERDALE dropped a bombshell tonight with the return of Robert Sugden.
The scheming murderer - who is played by actor
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Robert is out of prison - for now - but his freedom isn't as straight forward
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He returned just in time to interrupt Aaron's wedding to his half brother John
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Robert will be back in prison by the end of the week
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Now it can be revealed that Ryan will be back permanently - after his initial short stint ends.
A source said: 'It will soon become clear that Robert's freedom isn't all that it seems and he will end up back behind bars for a little while.
'His full-time return will come later in the
summer
and it's set to be explosive.
'Bosses at the
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Actor Ryan, who quit the show in 2019, had hoped to spread his wings acting-wise while away from the show.
And despite landing roles in some major television shows, he had now admitted that it was a struggle at times.
It even led him to move to
Brazil
with his wife Daisy Prestes de Oliveira and their children for a life away from the spotlight.
'I've got to do things like All Creatures Great and Small, Miss Scarlet, Casualty and Silent Witness,' he told the
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'I wasn't as busy as I would have liked, but that meant I got to be around my kids a lot, so I was very lucky.'
And it was a call from co-star Danny Miller that convinced him to make a full-time return.
Robert Sugden dumps Aaron Dingle from prison in Ryan Hawley's final Emmerdale scenes
He added: 'I have had a few calls over the past six years to see how I would feel about reprising the role, but it never felt quite right.
'Recently, while I was living in Brazil with my family, where we had been for the past year, Danny texted to see how I would feel.
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'We've always kept in touch, and after a lot of thought, I told him, 'Yeah, I am up for it. ' I then got a call swiftly from the producers, and it went from there.'
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