HOLLYOAKS will NEVER kill off Tony Hutchinson, boss Bryan Kirkwood has promised.
The executive producer left fans gobsmacked earlier this month when it appeared Tony had been murdered by serial killer Breda McQueen.
The soap even removed actor Nick Pickard from the credits to confirm the status of Tony as dead.
But now boss Bryan has admitted Tony is now bullet proof on the show as the single original actor from the show’s 25 year history.
He exclusively told The Sun Online: “We loved the reaction. We did.
“I don’t think we fooled everyone, I think, again, what I love about our audience is that they’re so switched on, knew from the start that we were not going to fool everyone.
“But we knew even if we wouldn’t believe it, that they would hopefully enjoy in engaging in the conversation about whether we would ever do that to beloved Tony.
“Great reaction and yeah, it’s certainly put Breda on the map.”
He added: “Never ever did we consider killing Tony off!
“I’m obviously talking myself out of things again but no, we could never ever get rid of Tony.
“Nicky’s the heart and soul of the show. ”
And he promised the end of Breda is coming soon as Tony makes his daring escape.
He said: “Well, like all of those characters who live and make those choices, there is always a time limit, but we know where the end of the story is now.”
* Hollyoaks airs weeknights on Channel 4 at 6.30pm with a first look episode following at 7pm on E4
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