Nick Miles felt as "nervous as a kitten" ahead of stripping off in ‘Emmerdale’ scenes today (25.09.18).
The 55-year-old star admits he "loves" his job portraying Jimmy King on the ITV soap, but was feeling somewhat apprehensive last night (24.09.18) about baring all in scenes set in fictional pub The Woolpack this morning, and revealed his character shows off more than he would "normally be comfortable with".
He tweeted: "7.30 call in The Woolpack tomorrow with some of my favourite muckers. Going to be revealing more about myself than I’d normally be comfortable with. Need to sleep, nervous as a kitten. Firstest of first world problems #lovemyjob (sic)"
Nick’s ‘Emmerdale’ co-star Samantha Giles – who plays Jimmy’s sister-in-law Bernice Blackstock – joked that it was a good job he had been given a full body wax ahead of his big reveal.
She wrote: "Thank god we gave you the ‘bac sac and crac’……#mowingthelawn (sic)"
But Nick admitted he hadn’t really been waxed and is currently "hairier than a coconut".
He tweeted: "Umm, you didn’t though, were you supposed to? I’m hairier than a very hairy coconut! (sic)"
Samantha quipped: "Mmmmmm. We may have missed a bit. There was a lot to cover. (sic)"
But it’s not the first time Nick has admitted he feels nervous about portraying Jimmy.
In May, the star said he still gets butterflies shooting scenes as his character at times – despite playing the role for 14 years.
He wrote on Twitter: "First day back at #Emmerdale today after my hols. It’s a five line scene on location in which I have one line. After fourteen years playing Jimmy King I still have butterflies. #lovemyjob (sic)"
Nick Miles’ Emmerdale strip nerves
