“I like the idea of doing a part which, as a straight guy, is really different to me. I'd just see doing a gay kiss, and a gay role, as something different. Plus I have plenty of gay mates, so I could probably practice with them.”

English actor, model, racing driver, presenter and farmer

Kelvin Warren Fletcher is an English actor, model, racing driver, presenter and farmer. Born in 1984, he is best known for playing Andy Sugden in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, a role he held from 1996 to 2016. He later became known to a wider audience through other work on television, including winning the seventeenth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2019 with professional partner Oti Mabuse. His public profile spans acting, presenting, motorsport, and farming.