BHASKER Patel has landed a huge new role after making an emotional confession over his axing from Emmerdale.
The 67-year-old actor joined Emmerdale as Rishi Sharma in 2011 but fans were left heartbroken last month when the character was killed off.
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Bhasker later appeared to get emotional as he opened up about being sensationally dropped from the soap.
But he’s already landed a new role and revealed he’s been shooting scenes for Leviathan, described as a 10-part film cycle that “envisages a future very much like our present to consider possible links between borders, mental health and marine welfare.
The description on the website adds: “Each episode is taken from the point of view of a different character and their journey.”
Bhasker shared a snap of him in character with some of the cast and wrote: “That’s a WRAP on #leviathancycle.”
He appeared on Lorraine last week and said: “When the producer rang me and said, ‘I need to talk to you and we’re killing you off because we want a big story and it’s going to be a big surprise.’
“Because my 12 years at ITV, they let me do a lot of other work, so I felt a part of ITV, a part of Rishi, but at the same time… I was working in London as well.
“So when the producer said, ‘We’re going to kill you off’, I was like, ‘Okay, that part of my life with this guy is over and I’m going to move on’.”
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