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'Emmerdale's Dominic Brunt 'disappointed' with spinoff location

Published Saturday, Oct 29 2011, 10:13 BST | By Colin Daniels | 13 comments

Emmerdale star Dominic Brunt has joked that he was disappointed when he discovered his spinoff DVD would be set in Leeds.

The actor stars alongside Mark Charnock in Marlon And Paddy's Big Night In, which sees the pair experience "a not-so-quiet night in the country, and a morning after anybody would want to forget".

Brunt has since admitted that he was hoping to visit a more exotic location than Emmerdale's existing set to film the DVD, which is released on November 14.

According to PA, Brunt said: "When we first found out they were doing it we knew they'd filmed in Australia before and they'd filmed in Venice and we thought 'Yes?! Where's it going to be?' Leeds - that was a bit disappointing."

Speaking of a three-minute dance scene, which took five hours to film, Charnock continued: "It was quite stressful. I didn't enjoy it massively, but we got through it without having to wear tights."

"I used to break-dance. About 30 years ago and three stone ago!" Brunt added.

The soap duo recently promised that Marlon And Paddy's Big Night In would provide laughs for the audience, praising Paul Roundell's "fantastic" script.