The 1975's Matthew Healy's brother has joined the cast of Emmerdale

Louis will be starring over the next few months!

Author: Emma DoddsPublished 4th Sep 2019

The 1975 singer Matthew Healy's little brother is following the family footsteps into showbiz! Louis, who is 18-years-old, has joined the cast of Emmerdale for the next few months, and will be in scenes first airing on Monday 16th September.

Louis, who's also the son of actors Denise Welch and Tim Healy, will be playing a character called Danny, with official Emmerdale information saying that 'he will befriend Sarah Sugden who quickly becomes smitten with him. But is he as he seems?'

Mum Denise, who had a stint on rival soap Coronation Street as Natalie Barnes for three years, couldn't contain her pride and took to Twitter to share the news, writing, 'Exciting news just in!!! @emmerdale.'

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Joining Louis in a spate of episodes will be comedian Tommy Cannon, best known as one-half of the comedy duo Cannon and Ball with his long-time collaborator Bobby Ball.

The Emmerdale team have revealed that Tommy will be playing the role of Derek, who will be a 'regular patient of resident Doctor Manpreet Jutla', played by Rebecca Sarker. Although show bosses do not wish to confirm the full nature of his storyline, they have teased that his arrival in the village will have 'consequences' for other characters.

This won't be Louis' first time on the set of a TV show, as he's already had roles in Vera this year, as Scott and Bailey in 2016 and two extra roles in Doctors in 2010 and 2015.

Emmerdale airs every weeknight at 7pm on ITV, with a second showing on Tuesday nights at 8pm.

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