Bobby Gordon is glad ‘Hollyoaks’ has "thrown everyone off".
The Channel 4 soap shocked viewers this week when it was revealed his character Toby and Celeste Faroe (Andrea Ali) are actually triplets along with Mitchell Deveraux (Imran Adams), and now Bobby has opened up on the reaction to the surpising twist.
Speaking to RadioTimes.com, he laughed: "It’s thrown everyone off! I’m seeing more sympathy towards Toby from fans.
"They just thought Celeste was really evil and had all sorts of theories.
"One was that she was in care with Toby, lost her own family then encouraged his revenge plan against the Deverauxs as a chance to get vengeance she was unable to get. No one really figured out they were related!"
Scenes this week have given more of an insight into the character’s unconventional upbringing, as they were raised in isolation and as part of a social experiment by an unseen Dr. Ley.
In flashbacks, the pair escaped from the clinical prison and discovered mum Martine Deveraux (Kelle Bryan) was the one who abandoned them.
Opening up on what comes next, Bobby added: "There are two types of evil.vCalculated, like Celeste, you never know what she’s doing but she has an agenda. But when someone is volatile like Toby that is scarier.
"Over time there could be friction between the person who gives the orders and the one who carries them out. No one likes to be told what to do all the time.
"When you look at Toby’s upbringing and why his emotions get the better of him, you realise he genuinely wants answers and wants to understand what love and empathy is – he didn’t have them growing up."
Bobby Gordon delighted by huge Hollyoaks twist
