Michael Wildman’s Al Chapman has been part of a major scandal in Emmerdale in recent months, and in horrifying scenes that aired last night, the bad boy was shot.
Emmerdale has been marking its 50th anniversary with some shocking episodes featuring the deaths of numerous characters. Al Chapman (played by Michael Wildman) had been at the heart of one of this year’s big storylines as he had been having an affair with Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter). While they were able to keep their illicit romance under wraps for quite some time, it started to come out once Aaron Dingle (Danny Miller) discovered the truth.
How tall is Emmerdale actor Michael Wildman?
Emmerdale actor Michael Wildman has been part of the ITV cast since August 2019.
He is behind the charming yet troublesome Al Chapman and, according to Celeb Heights, stands at just over 6ft 1in tall.
He and his onscreen rival Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) are a similar height as his co-star is 6ft.
In fact, many of the current Emmerdale actors have resembling statures.
Dominic Brunt, who plays Paddy Kirk, is 5′ 11″; Nick Miles, who plays Jimmy King, is 6′; and Chris Bisson, who plays Jai Sharma, is 5′ 10″.
The tallest actor currently appearing in Emmerdale is Marlon Dingle’s Mark Charnock, who stands a whopping 6 feet 2 inches tall.
Al’s romantic interest Chas, who is portrayed by Lucy Pargeter, is 5 feet 6 inches taller than Al, so there is a slight height disparity between the two.
Even though Wildman has only recently moved to Emmerdale, many of his neighbors have grown tired of him.
However, everything started to go wrong for him when Aaron discovered his liaison with Chas.
Then, when Cain, her brother and Al’s adversary, heard a message intended for her, he realized the truth.
Al was confronted by Cain in the barn, who warned him to back off and brandished a gun.
He did put the weapon down as they started fighting with their fists, but the episode ended abruptly when a gunshot was heard.
In a shocking turn of events, it was realised that Al had been killed by the blast.
Kerry Wyatt (Laura Norton) walked in to see his body and Cain cleaning the gun, telling her that it wasn’t what it looked like.
She called the police, nevertheless, and had Cain arrested for Al’s murder.
He continues to exclaim his innocence and fans believe another Emmerdale resident is responsible.
Viewers have been taking to Twitter, theorising that it was really Aaron who shot Al.
One fan posted: “Has Aaron definitely left the village? Could he be involved in the shooting?”
Another simply tweeted: “It was definitely Aaron”, whereas a third said: “Aaron shot Al. Cain covering for him”.
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