Mitchell Deveraux (Imran Adams) has been at the centre of many a compelling Hollyoaks storyline over the last year. The character struggled to come to terms with his sexuality, as he fell more and more in love with Scott Drinkwell (Ross Adams), and eventually, he came out to his friends and family, and proposed to the love of his life in incredibly uplifting scenes.
In order to celebrate Metro.co.uk Pride Week, we chatted to actor Imran about the importance of LEGTQ+ representation in soap, as well as what he hopes to see for Mitchell moving forward.
I feel like the fact that soaps are in millions of homes, every day, means that they have the possibility to influence people’s ideas of the LGBTQ+ community.