Kit has been very reluctant to start any relationship with his mum. How is he feeling about her at this stage?
He is still very angry, he doesn’t want anything to do with her. As far as he is aware she abandoned him twice, once when he was born and then again when he was 20 and he arranged to meet her and she didn’t show up. He has a lot of unresolved issues.
How does he feel about Paul and Gemma?
He is sad that Bernie stopped him from having a relationship with them. He is an only child and he would have loved to have siblings and he is resentful that he has missed out on so much time with them. They still don’t know he is their brother and Paul is dying so time is running out for all of them.
Why does he start being nice to Bernie and arrange to meet her to discuss telling Gemma and Paul?
It is all an act, he is letting her think that he wants to bring the family together and whilst he is being honest about wanting a relationship with Gemma and Paul, he is pretending that he wants to build bridges with Bernie but it is the last thing he wants. He says he will meet her in the pub but he leaves her waiting.
What happens when he goes round to the flat?
He wants to tell Gemma and Paul his version of events. He wants them to know how their mum abandoned him and kept his existence from them. He is determined to make it clear how they all missed out and really make it clear how selfish he feels she was. He does get some pleasure about doing it behind her back. He wants to hurt her like she hurt him.
Do you think Kit will ever be able to forgive Bernie?
Not for some time, he is getting some perverse pleasure from being round where she is and forging a relationship with his siblings. It will be interesting to see how long he can keep that up before he realises the only way to move forward really is to try and forgive his mum.
Also in this week he warns Sarah that Swain is wanting to know about Nathan claiming that she paid money to get him to leave town. Is he worried about being implicated in all of that?
He isn’t too worried. He justifies in his own mind what he did because Nathan was a bad person who needs to be off the streets and as far as Kit and everyone else is concerned he could well be guilty of Lauren’s disappearance so it doesn’t matter that he framed him.
How much a rogue cop is he?
He is ambitious and very complicated. He doesn’t trust anyone because of what happened to him with his mum so he is a lone wolf in many respects. If he can get away with not doing things by the book he will and we will see more of that in the future.
How does it feel to suddenly be a member of this well established family?
It is fantastic, I am having such a great time here and everyone has been so welcoming. Jane Hazelgrove is great to work with and has been such a help as have the rest of the family. I also get to work with other cast members because of Kit being a policeman which is great.
Did you do much research for the role?
I have researched the role of a detective constable but as Kit rarely does things by the book I rely on the scripts. I have watched a few videos of police interviews in things like 24 hours in police custody. That helped for the scene where he was interrogating Toyah, she is a well loved character but Kit doesn’t now her and at the end of the day the remains of a baby have been found, he has a job to do.
For the adoption side of things my mom is adopted so she is able to help me with how Kit is feeling and that has been invaluable.
