‘Men are so frightened of being too cuddly or affectionate’: Danny Dyer on going from hardman to heart-throb in Rivals

The actor has always been full of surprises – and now thanks to Jilly Cooper’s bonkbuster he’s become a romantic lead. As the series returns, he talks about marriage, masculinity and meditation Danny Dyer is dressed in white and carrying a huge bouquet of flowers when I drop in on his Guardian photoshoot. “Hello, baby,” he says to me in a voice so bad-boy East End, so fabulously filthy, that he sounds like a parody of Danny Dyer. We’ve never met before, but you wouldn’t guess. Dyer has been in the limelight for 30 years, but never like this.

You know, I’ve had a long career and I couldn’t get on the cover of anything till now.” Continue reading... The actor has always been full of surprises – and now thanks to Jilly Cooper’s bonkbuster he’s become a romantic lead. As the series returns, he talks about marriage, masculinity and meditation D anny Dyer is dressed in white and carrying a huge bouquet of flowers when I drop in on his Guardian photoshoot. “Hello, baby,” he says to me in a voice so bad-boy East End, so fabulously filthy, that he sounds like a parody of Danny Dyer . We’ve never met before, but you wouldn’t guess.

Dyer has been in the limelight for 30 years, but never like this. Dyer always provided good copy. We’re in a trendy part of corporate east London, but the pub feels like a relic from the East End Dyer grew up in. It’s hard to keep up with Dyer, he’s got so many projects on the go. To be fair, Dyer has always put a shift in.

Dyer isn’t giving anything away. Dyer says that they shot two different endings for The Football Factory. There’s violence in the air.” Dyer insists these characters have never glamorised violence, but I’m not so sure. Dyer thinks the film should not have focused so much on hooliganism. Dyer has said that he probably loves Bowen more than Dani does.

As the series returns, he talks about marriage, masculinity and meditation Danny Dyer is dressed in white and carrying a huge bouquet of flowers when I drop in on his Guardian photoshoot. “Hello, baby,” he says to me in a voice so bad-boy East End, so fabulously filthy, that he sounds like a parody of Danny Dyer. Dyer has been in the limelight for 30 years, but never like this. You know, I’ve had a long career and I couldn’t get on the cover of anything till now.” Continue reading... ‘Men are so frightened of being too cuddly or affectionate’: Danny Dyer on going from hardman to heart-throb in Rivals