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Dean Wicks the villain.
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When I found out that Deano was coming back, I wasn't really sure because I found him a bit annoying. Now, I think he is one of the best characters in the show and strikingly resembles Michael Moon. Matt di Angelo, like Steve John Shepherd, is an excellent actor (I think killing off Michael was a bad decision) but the character is almost as f*cked up and as eerie as Michael. I actually think that Dean has the capacity of becoming a proper villain (in fact every great EastEnders family has to have a villain in their ranks) because of the qualities that he shares with Michael. Perhaps he abuses Linda or something (or even blackmails her)? Maybe Sean Slater should return so that Dean could kill him? I want to see him go a bit mad not to soften because of Shirley. Also, he should change his name to Carter to impress his grandfather and win the Carter family's loyalty before throwing it back in their faces.
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I think people only excuse Matt's flaws because he is good looking. if he was ugly no one would be saying he was excellent.
No, he's not. He is a fine actor because he puts different layers to his character and there are elements of Steve John Shepherd's Michael Moon in his portrayal of Dean. Sexual tension with Linda, hate for Shirley, longing for Shirley, the way he is around his cousins (nephew and nieces), way he is with Stan. You have the man, the little boy, the angry man, the joker - all packed into one. He has the capacity to be the next Michael - I want him to be that.
I think Dean is being built up to be a villain - there are rather a lack of them in EE at the mo.
They're clearly building up a situation where there's a "good" Carter bruv & a "bad" Carter bruv.
I think Dean will become more obviously villainous over time- he's been ambiguous up to recently.
I fall somewhere in the middle. I thought his "hug" scene with Linda was excellently played, but I think some of the scenes with him scowling at his Mum are weak.
Matt is an actor who can be a bit inconsistent occasionally - but happily (IMO) the good acting outweighs the bad.
Sorry don't see it. Matt makes me cringe and if Dean sexually assaults Linda as I have always thought this would lead to then there is no way back for his character. Michael was a psycho which is a mental illness. Dean is just vile for viles sake. Kevin raised him good. Dean was a happy guy when he first joined the show. He only went bitter after being sent to prison and that had nothing to do with Shirley's failings as a mother. It was Chelsea's fault.
Bib: This is exactly what i'm thinking.
I agree he's just vile- but the character change doesn't bother me. The character has changed over the years- and not for the better. This can be consistent with real life so Im not concerned by the personality changes.
It strikes me as interesting that Stan originally seemed to be brought in to manipulate and potentially destroy the close relationships between the Carters, but he's now being presented as a figure who is a bit abrasive at times but genuinely seems to want the best for his family. I think the shift in his characterisation is because they decided that Dean was going to be the one to really f**k with the Carters. Dean's obsession with Linda is probably just the tip of the iceberg; they're already positioning Nancy as someone becoming increasingly aware of Dean's issues, and I think she'll become more involved in some way as well over the coming weeks.
It also seemed very telling to me that Dean got very hung up on that photo of the Carters, and this idea of them being the "perfect family". The common response to someone with a borderline sociopathic personality who wants something they can't have is to destroy it. I predict very dark times ahead for the Carters at the hands of Dean, and I actually can't wait.
I think the opposite. People are more dismissive of him because he is good looking, they overlook when he's been good.
I thought he nailed it last night personally. He was really sinister.
Linda is playing a blinder in her scenes with him - you can feel how devastated she is by his rejection along with her certainty that it is all her fault. I think a lot of it is her fault but I also think Dean is being a right so and so in his cruel treatment of her.
I know it is "only" a soap but when you see the damage done to children by their mothers (Shirley to Dean and Carly; Michael's mother to him; Pat to David and Wicksy) you realise how important a job it is. I know that as a mother it frightens the life out of me!!
I agree.