Darryl Morton
| Darryl Morton | |||||||||||
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Jonathan Dixon | ||||||||||
| Duration | 2007–2009 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | 18 March 2007 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | 16 October 2009 | ||||||||||
| Introduced by | Steve Frost | ||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||
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| Occupation | Takeaway worker | ||||||||||
| Home | Spain | ||||||||||
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| Father | Jerry Morton |
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| Mother | Teresa Bryant |
| Sisters |
Jodie Morton Mel Morton Kayleigh Morton |
| Half-brothers | Finlay Byrant |
| Grandfathers | Wilf Morton |
Darryl Morton is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by former Grange Hill actor Jonathan Dixon, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 18 March 2007.
Darryl is the less serious-minded of the Morton twins, Darryl can be just plain daft, lazy and is closest to his twin sister Mel. In the interview with Digitalspy Jonathan went on to confirm this, speaking of his character he said:
Darryl first appears on-screen 18 March 2007. He lives in the shed of the garden of Number 6. He gets into trouble with the law for several motoring offences, and is horrified when twin sister Mel (Emma Edmondson) says that she plans to join the police. Soon after his arrival he strikes up a close friendship with next door neighbour David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) (coincidentally his real life childhood friend).
During the casting for the character of Darryl Morton different actors were called in for auditions for the role. Actor Jonathan Dixon revealed in an interview with Digital Spy that he was called back through five stages of auditioning and eventually got down to the last two where he had to audition against a long term friend. During each stage of auditioning the hopefuls had to audition as sets of twins. Jonathan continually met fellow cast member Emma Edmondson who plays his on-screen sister Mel. In the final audition the two were paired up, and went on to be cast as twins Mel and Darryl. It also emerged that the actor is real life friend of fellow cast member Jack P. Shepherd who plays David Platt in the show.
In August 2008, it was thought the character Darryl would exit the street in November, two months after the rest of the Morton family. However, in September, it was announced he had signed a new 6-month contract.
It was reported on 15 May 2009 that Dixon and co-star Wanda Opalinska would be written out of the soap and would be departing later in the year with it being said that this was due to "natural storyline progression."
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