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Emmerdale's Dominic Brunt reveals surprising new venture outside of the soap

Dominic Brunt has announced his new venture away from the fields of Emmerdale.

The actor first appeared on hit British soap Emmerdale in 1997 as Paddy Kirk, and has been nominated for many awards such as Best Actor in the 2011 British Soap Awards and even received three nominations in the 2019 awards.

Aside from acting, the long-term soap actor, 52, has shared on his Twitter about his other passion in life and tweeted about his exciting new project.

Dominic is a keen producer and director, working on mostly horror films where he works alongside Joanne Mitchell.

Dominic shared the exciting news on Twitter (dominicbrunt / Twitter)

He started the tweet addressing his fans saying: "Darlings!!! Anyways I'm out of Twitter prison for following too many people too quickly."

He continued to promote his brand new project: "Last one hassle here:- If you follow us @wolfmanorfilm we'll follow you back. It's a werewolf film!! What's not to like???!!" Thanking his 113.9K Twitter followers for the support.

He is known for his long-running role on Paddy on Emmerdale (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Dominic's newest project of producing Wolf Manor has already begun filming, and the cast includes Bridgerton's James Fleet and Rupert Procter who starred in hit 1999 film Notting Hill.

This is not the first time that Dominic has directed and starred in a horror film. He directed Bait in 2014, and Attack of the Adult Baby in 2017. He even starred in 2012 zombie film, Before Dawn.

Alongside acting, Dominic has dabbled in the film producing industry (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

It has not yet been confirmed when the release of Wolf Manor will be, but tweets on the page show exciting updates on the process.

The filmmaker will continue working on the horror film alongside still being part of the Emmerdale cast. Emmerdale will continue airing at its usual time of 7:30pm every weekday on ITV.

Before Emmerdale, Dominic, from Accrington, Lancs, was a welder and sheet metal worker for six years, paying his way through drama school by fixing cars and working in factories.

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