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'I'm Danny Dyer – I don't need a chat-up line'

Charlie Burley and Alix Hattenstone
BBC News
TRUE BRIT Danny Dyer is slumped on a white table, chin on his elbow and looking up at the camera. He has a dark beard and moustache and wears a gold wedding ring and no shirt. There is a small tattoo on the side of his hand. In the background are two bookshelves, one either side of him. His expression suggests he is feeling rough.TRUE BRIT
Danny Dyer plays Jack, who is given six weeks to turn his life around and save his marriage - but what are the actor's personal tips for romantic bliss?

Danny Dyer is back on the big screen with a film about a bloke trying to win back his missus.

Marching Powder follows the story of Jack Jones (Dyer), a football hooligan who feels increasingly irrelevant.

After some violent match day behaviour, Jack is arrested and given six weeks to turn his life around - or face prison. He also has to try to save his marriage.

But the real Danny Dyer met his partner when they were 13. They've been together more than 30 years, married for eight of them, and he likes to think he's a bit of a romantic.

So, what love lessons can we learn from the former EastEnders actor?

Separate beds is the way forward

Danny Dyer as Mick in EastEnders, standing in a short pink dressing gown, extending the pink belt out as he smiles down at his EastEnders wife, Linda. Linda is under the duvet, laughing. There is a silver headboard and flamingo wallpaper behind them.
Dyer spent almost a decade playing strong yet soft-hearted pub landlord Mick Carter in EastEnders

"I'm a snorer," Dyer its.

"You know what, snoring is just bad luck. Me and my wife have been around a long time and we have separate beds and the reason for that is, I unfortunately roar in the night."

The 47-year-old says it's rare to have been with your partner for over 30 years at his age. "We're bringing up grandchildren – it's a beautiful thing. My clan's getting bigger and I've become more responsible now.

"I feel like I've grown up slightly and become an adult."

Men need to open up

TRUE BRIT Headshot of Danny Dyer looking at the camera in a black cap, you can see the top of a black cardigan and black shirt. He has a warm expression in his eyes, mouth is neutral. There is a white wall behind him. TRUE BRIT
Danny Dyer says the idea of masculinity can be 'ridiculous' sometimes, and he is not ashamed to open up about his emotions

"Listen, I think it's a bit of a myth that I've played the hard man role," Dyer says. "In EastEnders, I played an alpha male that wore a pink dressing gown. I was a very sensitive soul."

He says if you look at the Marching Powder poster, it's easy to think he's playing a hard man - but his character, Jack, isn't. "He's into football violence and he's got a lot of issues around addiction, but he's a good man.

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