Emmerdale star confirms ‘hard times ahead’ in dramatic outcome for Lewis, Vinny and Kev

It won’t be smooth sailing, says Bradley (Picture: Mark Bruce/ITV)

Emmerdale’s Lewis Barton (Bradley Riches) is in arguably the best place he’s been in since he moved into the village last year.

With a rock-solid relationship established with big brother, Ross Barton (Michael Parr), a tooth decayingly sweet romance with Vinny Dingle (Bradley Johnson) that’s going from strength to strength and a fledgling bond with his birth father, the slightly strange but good hearted Kev Townsend (Chris Coghill), things are pretty good for our Lewis, aren’t they?

…which pretty much guarantees that they’re soon to go wrong. This is Soapland, after all.

‘People don’t think that that Kev is good for Lewis but, Lewis is old enough to make his own decisions,’ says Bradley on the burgeoning relationship between his alter-ego and Kev.

‘They are so similar but so different. I always say it’s a bit like a venn diagram. They have their differences but they come together. They are an iconic duo. I am really excited that Lewis is giving Kev the time of day to get to know him.

‘Kev has opened up about his childhood and his absent father. Kev is actually going to be a really good dad. There’s a long way to go, lot of communications, but I feel like they are going to be two peas in a pod.’

Kev and Lewis have been bonding (Picture: Mark Bruce/ITV)

One of the biggest problems, though? Vinny really isn’t happy about Kev’s presence. How does Lewis feel about this?

‘Sometimes in life, you can’t make everyone happy,’ Bradley mused.

‘This is the start of some trouble in paradise with Vinny and Lewis because Vinny is trying to say his feelings and Lewis is trying to listen to his feelings.

‘But also he wants to give space for Kev. Because Lewis believes that Kev is not like Vinny’s dad, but Vinny just sees his dad in him.

‘It’s a hard thing for Lewis to function with and make sense of. He wants to keep everyone happy but keep himself happy too. It’s going to take a lot, but this is the first little blip in their relationship, because Vinny feels like he’s not being heard.

Bradley teased Lewis and Vinny’s relationship becoming more ‘adult’ (Picture: Mark Bruce/ITV)

‘Actually, Lewis is hearing him, but Vinny’s harsh trauma isn’t letting him see past what Lewis is saying.

‘It’s becoming more adult which is nice. You usually see Lewis and Vinny have a lot of fun, so it’s good to see them having tough conversations about hard traumas. I don’t think It’s going to break them but it will but a spanner in the works.’

When asked if he feels that Lewis and Vinny are in a good place, Bradley answered: ‘Yes. They are adults and they need to have these adult conversations.

‘You do see more maturity and communication. If anything, it’s doing good for them because they need to have these conversations to make it a healthy relationship.

‘The mission is going to fail. But I am going to keep trying , and keep doing it. But each time I ask, he says ‘no, no, no!’. You never know, in ten years, when we are both leaving, he might say yet. Fingers crossed.’

Bradley teased the hard times to come (Picture: ITV/ITV)

As we mentioned before, when a character reaches a state of happiness, the Soap gods demand that it be destroyed – and quickly.

When asked about what’s coming up, Bradley admitted that there will be hard times ahead: ‘There will be some highs and lows, some dramas , some fights.

‘There’s going to be a lot. Lewis starts to process something, then something it happens, and it all goes back to square on. It all happens on the birthday so it’s even more dramatic.

‘In the coming weeks you see Kev and Lewis bond because there’s some hard stuff coming up. Lewis thought things were going to be perfect but nothing is as perfect as it seems.’

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