Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy)

[nomdeplume8ie]

Here come the suds
(source: Heat Magazine)

[sheepiefarm]

Danny & Kirsty have split

www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/210476/Danny-Miller-calls-time-on-Kirsty-Leigh/

[nomdeplume8ie]

From Danny's PA in Envy in Belfast.
(Courtesy of DannyMillerFans)

[nomdeplume8ie]

Source: www.digitalspy.ie/soaps/news/a342070/emmerdale-danny-miller-to-appeal-six-month-driving-ban.html


'Emmerdale' Danny Miller to appeal six-month driving ban
Friday, September 23 2011, 22:24 BST 7
By Daniel Sperling, Entertainment Reporter

Emmerdale star Danny Miller has been banned from driving for six months, despite begging magistrates to let him keep his license after speeding offences.

The 20-year-old, who plays Aaron Livesy in the ITV soap, amassed 15 penalty points in just nine months after exceeding the speed limit in parts of Manchester and on the M60 motorway.

However, Miller asked Manchester Magistrates Court for a pardon on the grounds of "exceptional hardship" and claimed that a ban would hinder his charity work.

Miller - co-founder and ambassador of the children's charity Once Upon A Smile - argued: "It will have a massive impact if I lost my licence. I have learned my lesson, I am genuinely sorry."

According to the Manchester Evening News, bench chair Alison Edwards said when passing sentence: "You have acquired your 15 points in a very short time and not taken on board the importance of keeping to the speed limit."

The court had earlier heard that Miller was "a very embarrassed young man" who had been given a "grilling" by his parents about his driving.

Miller was fined £800 and told to pay £35 costs. The actor's driving ban was suspended by magistrates until an appeal is heard at Manchester Crown Court.

[nomdeplume8ie]

A similar article, but this time, in the Daily Star.
www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/212650/Emmerdale-s-Danny-Miller-is-caught-out-for-speeding/

EMMERDALE'S DANNY MILLER IS CAUGHT OUT FOR SPEEDING

25th September 2011
By Scott Hesketh

A court took away his licence for six months after he was clocked at 40mph in a 30mph zone.

And after also being handed a £835 fine, the sulky star moaned on Facebook: “Justice system screwwddd!! £835 fine and a 6 month ban!! For going 40 in a 30. F*ckers grrrrr.”

Last night, show sources said Danny could be hauled before bosses for his web rant.

Danny, gay mechanic Aaron Livesy in the ITV1 soap, has now launched an appeal to have the ban reduced as he lives in Stockport, 75 miles from the Emmerdale studios in Yorkshire.

He appeared in court in Manchester on Tuesday where he was given three penalty points, taking him to the 12-point limit.

His legal team tried to argue that without a car he would struggle to get in for filming.

The court was also told Danny, 20, was a tireless charity worker who recently co-founded Once Upon A Smile that will stage celeb football matches to help families with critically ill children.

Last night, a pal said: “The comments on Facebook were in the heat of the moment.

“It was a bit rash to start slagging off the courts seeing as he wants to appeal.”

[mycatfox]

Wow, it seems AL has taken over DM...(wasn't it the other way around? :

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After his driving licence trials and tribulations, Danny has had a better day today...

He's won BEST ACTOR and BEST DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE at the 2011 Inside Soap Awards.

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Danny Miller pictured with @sp_Richardsonx 17th July 2011




Danny Miller pictured with @sp_Richardsonx 11th November 2010

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Here's Danny and his family appearing on All Star Family Fortunes, clips courtesy of Jon.

[nomdeplume8ie]

lol The bit where Vernon got Stacy to rub her hand on a blown up version of Danny's famous Cosmopolitan shoot.... ;D
I can't help but wonder what would have happened if Joe Mcelderry had been playing instead of Stacey.



Now, pic of Danny and @sp_Richardsonx 30th October 2011



And another one, courtesy of @alisonkingfanz



And a few others...

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Danny in his charity guise as @sidley_OUAS

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It has now been confirmed. Danny is leaving Emmerdale

www.itv.com/emmerdale/news/danny-miller-leaving-emmerdale/

[jollian7221]

there's a shocker - not!!!

[vjay]

I am actually glad Danny Miller is leaving Emmerdale as far as I am concerned he didn't give his all for his character. The writing on Emmerdale is so homophobic and so this departure from Danny is no surprise. Danny admitted he was uncomfortable taking on a gay role. Marc Silcock and Danny Miller just didn't give their all as Aaron and Jackson.

[katemonster]

Nov 22, 2011 12:49:02 GMT -5 vjay said:

I am actually glad Danny Miller is leaving Emmerdale as far as I am concerned he didn't give his all for his character. The writing on Emmerdale is so homophobic and so this departure from Danny is no surprise. Danny admitted he was uncomfortable taking on a gay role. Marc Silcock and Danny Miller just didn't give their all as Aaron and Jackson.

I have to say I think that was mostly down to Marc and not Danny who was great playing his attraction to Adam and the first kiss or two with Marc were pretty good but I think Danny sensed Marc was slightly uncomfortable being intimate with him and in turn became stilted. (Danny and Adam still have great chemistry in my view)

It'd difficult putting two strangers together and expecting instant chemistry ,imo the gay storylines that work best use existing characters or have a very slow build up to allow the actors time to get to be comfortable first. Poor Danny and Marc had to make out in a public street the first time they worked together lol.

I don't think either guy is in anyway homophobic, in fact I wouldn't be 100% suprised if Danny were gay IRL (publicly displayed co-star girlfriends are always suspect in my view) but Danny's public attitude has changed since the begining and he does now try and distance himself from 'the gay' probably as a result of the homophobia and hate he has suffered as a result of just playing a gay role.

[jjose712]

I don't think so, Danny made very clear how uncomfortable he was playing a gay character. And it's true that he was able to show his atraction to Adam, but he knew he didn't have to act in that atraction, he hadn't any scenes kissing Adam.
Marc said exactly the same things in interviews (wich is a big big mistake, because people will always come into conclusions that maybe them could avoid if the actors shut their mouths or are smart enough to not show such insecurities on interviews) but the truth is that he was able to portrait Jackson as in love with Aaron, something i can't say about Danny. But as i say before, i think casting Marc was a big mistake, not because he is a bad actor (he is not) but because is they hired an actor more comfortable with the affectionate scenes he probably would make Danny more comfortable too

And yes, his interviews are a lot better now, and he has potential to be a good actor if he is able to let things flow and not overthink that much. It's a pity that the show never let him improve his weakness, only make him storylines to show his strengths. At this time we all know he is really good at crying, the problem is that most of us are tired of watch Aaron cry

[patroclus]

katemonster: I have to say most of your post doesn't fit with my perception of things.

eg: 'Poor Danny and Marc had to make out in a public street the first time they worked together lol'. To me, that first kiss outside Bar West was probably their most successful, convincing and genuinely charming act of intimacy on both their parts. Marc came across as flirtacious, eager and seductive; Danny as shocked then really pleased to be kissed. Took until the pre-disaster scene in October in Bar West to get a similarly mutually enthusiastic kiss. Overall I think that first scene showed Marc could pull off the physical intimacy but they both indicated in interviews that they were really having to work at it to do it at all.

I think it's even more unlikely that Danny is actually gay. It's very common for actors and actresses to have affairs when they work together. Yes, it's possible that it could have been a cover but much more likely that he's heterosexual as he says he is and he fancies Kirsty and she fancied him, surely?

[mycatfox]

Dec 7, 2011 9:33:09 GMT -5 katemonster said:

I have to say I think that was mostly down to Marc and not Danny who was great playing his attraction to Adam and the first kiss or two with Marc were pretty good but I think Danny sensed Marc was slightly uncomfortable being intimate with him and in turn became stilted. (Danny and Adam still have great chemistry in my view)

I know this is a highly subjective matter... but how I see it is exactly the opposite: I believe Marc tried to play his gay character (way) more enthusiastically than Danny and that he couldn't go further because of DM "uncomfortableness" and the soap "lack of balls"

And I totally agree, patroclus: "that first kiss outside Bar West was probably their most successful, convincing and genuinely charming act of intimacy on both their parts. Marc came across as flirtacious, eager and seductive; Danny as shocked then really pleased to be kissed"

[katemonster]

Dec 7, 2011 15:59:47 GMT -5 patroclus said:

katemonster: I have to say most of your post doesn't fit with my perception of things.

eg: 'Poor Danny and Marc had to make out in a public street the first time they worked together lol'. To me, that first kiss outside Bar West was probably their most successful, convincing and genuinely charming act of intimacy on both their parts. Marc came across as flirtacious, eager and seductive; Danny as shocked then really pleased to be kissed. Took until the pre-disaster scene in October in Bar West to get a similarly mutually enthusiastic kiss. Overall I think that first scene showed Marc could pull off the physical intimacy but they both indicated in interviews that they were really having to work at it to do it at all.

I think it's even more unlikely that Danny is actually gay. It's very common for actors and actresses to have affairs when they work together. Yes, it's possible that it could have been a cover but much more likely that he's heterosexual as he says he is and he fancies Kirsty and she fancied him, surely?

I think the guys tried hard to make it work at first but just didn't gel and it got worse and worse and more awkward.

As for Danny being gay about 70% of males who enter the acting profession when questioned say they are gay and yet only a handful of working actors are out as gay in the media. Doesn't add up does it?? IMO Co-stars who date for real do their best to hide their relationship from the public eye unless they are reality stars looking for PR.

If a couple are posing for the media and tweeting pics it's to sell a film or new show or the idea of the relationship and is strictly business imo


Most of Hollywood's best known couples are rumoured to be in contractual PR relationships and the wives are just beards even the ones with kids. I think the UK TV industry now exports so many of it's actors to the US that they are now following suit. Tom Hardy was openly bisexual till he landed in the US then he famously went straight.

People think it's not possible that George Clooney, Bradley Cooper, Tom Cruise etc are ALL gay but ask yourself when you were at school who did you know that wanted to be an actor, were they straight?

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"As for Danny being gay about 70% of males who enter the acting profession when questioned say they are gay"

Inflammatory, unsubstantiated stereotyping. Where is your evidence? Please source this statement. I mean excuse me but what are you talking about?

"Ask yourself when you were at school who did you know that wanted to be an actor, were they straight? "

As a gay person I have to say I find this completely offensive AND off topic. I mean are you seriously saying that kind of heterosexist stuff on this board?

Gay men are men who want to have sex with other men and who don't want to have sex with women. Other than that, there is no other common trait. Everything else is coincidence or cultural.

There is nothing about being gay that would make gay men more apt to be actors or better at acting.

Also, Danny explicitly said he was uncomfortable with Aaron being physically affectionate so why make up some other situation between Marc and Danny for which there is no evidence.

If they had chemistry when they first kissed and Marc was convincing outside the bar then clearly March is capable and willing to convincingly kiss another man (regardless of any discomfort he may have).

But Danny made it clear that he had a lot of control and influence over Aaron's storyline. Marc did not.

And what does any of those folks supposedly being gay have to do with Danny's unwillingness to kiss, cuddle or have love scenes with male actors?

[Zathras]

Dec 7, 2011 18:42:42 GMT -5 katemonster said:

As for Danny being gay about 70% of males who enter the acting profession when questioned say they are gay and yet only a handful of working actors are out as gay in the media. Doesn't add up does it??

How do you come up with that number? It's unbelievably high.

[jjose712]

Well, i don't know where kate take that percentage, but one thing is for sure, the actors who are more reluctant to play gay roles are the closeted ones.
In Danny's case i think it's a combination of lack of experience (i never heard a theatre actor complaining for such silly thing) and too much preocupation on his own image. Danny take a lot of time to land a role, he was rejected a lot of times, in fact he was almost to quit before he was casted in Emmerdale, and i think he feared to be typecasted (something that i don't think it's happen the way it used).

I don't know anything about Danny, but kate is not the only one that think that way, i read a lot of comments about it. An yes, it's common actors and actress date, because nobody understands better the job (and acting is a job that can make difficult to possesive or jealous partners) but the other side, couples totally fabricated (no necesarily to hide the homosexuality of one or both members of the couple, sometimes just simply publicity) are still very common on the industry.
An being gay don't make you more suitable to be an actor, but it's true that acting schools, ore even theatre groups in high schools have a very high percentege of gays, something that doesn't translate in profesional openly gay actors

[katemonster]

Dec 7, 2011 20:40:16 GMT -5 Zathras said:

Dec 7, 2011 18:42:42 GMT -5 katemonster said:

As for Danny being gay about 70% of males who enter the acting profession when questioned say they are gay and yet only a handful of working actors are out as gay in the media. Doesn't add up does it??

How do you come up with that number? It's unbelievably high.

I read about it years ago, it was a survey of males applying for places in Theatre schools/courses. I believe it is not the same for girls and the proportion of lesbian applicants is not much higher than for any other profession.

[vjay]

I felt Danny and Marc lacked chemistry and I think Danny is the one to blame he was clearly uncomfortable kissing another guy. Danny and Marc hardly kissed they both seemed like it grossed them out. The homophobia and the awkwardness of the actors really destroyed my belief they were a couple. Jackson and Aaron were just two friends who slept together I didn't feel they were lovers. Danny has much more chemistry with Adam Thomas who is his real friend in real life they actually lived together in a flat once. If the writers put Adam and Danny together the sparks would fly. I think since Danny and Marc were so uncomfortable playing a gay role they couldn't do a good job.

By contrast, James Sutton a former Emmerdale star he played a gay role on Hollyoaks as John Paul he's straight yet he made it very authentic. James performance on Hollyoaks was more passionate and the gay romance between John Paul and Craig blew Emmerdale out of the water.

[jollian7221]

vjay

agree with absolutely everything you say x