Merrells: 'Declan wants ex-wife back'

Emmerdale actor Jason Merrells has said that his character Declan Macey is keen to win back the affections of his recently arrived ex-wife.

Viewers of the Yorkshire soap will see Declan enlist the help of estranged partner Ella Hart, played by Corrinne Wicks, in securing Home Farm from a reluctant Nathan Wylde (Lyndon Ogbourne).

Merrells told the soap's official website: "Does Declan want Ella back? I think he does but he doesn't recognise that himself at first."

He continued: "He's still got his armour up. He's just had this quite unnerving relationship with what turned out to be a murderess, so he's still reeling from that.

"And when she first appears he's still in battle mode and wants everything straightforwardly simple and she's confusing things."

Merrells added that Declan "falls under [Ella's] spell quite quickly", despite her ability to provoke him.