Danny Dyer reveals harsh reality of his life before landing life changing EastEnders role

Since joining the coveted cast of EastEnders, has become a national treasure with a host of successful projects under his belt. But the 47 year old actor's life hasn't always been a comfortable one, as he recently revealed that before landing the role as Mick Carter in the soap, he was "absolutely skint."

The film and TV star, who is a married father of three, joined in 2013 and from that moment on his life rapidly changed.

Speaking to chat show host , Danny explained: "I didn't have an audition, they rung me up, I had a touch."

He added: "They said, 'Listen we want you to come in the show, take over the Queen Vic' and at the time I was skint and I just had about enough petrol money to get there, that's the truth. "

The Marching Powder star continued: "They thought I was a multimillionaire and I met them in the hotel and I walked in absolutely skint, not a bean about me."

He then went on to add: "I thought, I hope they don't ask me to get them a lager because I’ve got no dough. I was like, 'Wow, I want to do a cartwheel in front of them' but I thought, 'Play it down, don't show your bolt too early'."

As the meeting was drawing to a close, Danny attempted to play it cool and told show bosses that he would think about their offer instead of jumping at the opportunity straight away.

Danny's situation before joining the soap was so bad he contemplated a change in career. He told Jonathan: "I might have had to go and load skips Jon, I just couldn't catch a cold, I was doing nightclub appearances."

Speaking about his dire financial situation, he told The Sun that a string of "s*** films" such as the 2012 film un For Your Wife, made a meagre £602 in its first weekend.

He told the publication: "I was on my a**e. I was f***ed. I had made too many bad films. I’d had my shot and made some good stuff. I had resorted to going to nightclubs and waving off balconies."

He added: "That chips away at your soul that I’ll tell ya. Where do you go from there?I f***ed it. I got a call from Dominic Treadwell Collins who asked me to come for a meeting."

He continued:"I swear to god I was on my a**e. He told me about this part – Alpha male who wears a pink dressing gown. And his first storyline is going to be about his son coming out to him as gay and you just put your arm around him and tell him you love him."

He went on to reveal: ' I said "wow you f****** get me.' thought I'm going to come in and chase Phil about. Six months or maybe a year. You can't take Phil on.But no he said take over the Queen Vic and come with a family. They didn’t know I was skint."

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