In Emmerdale, William Ash’s character Caleb Milligan spent the first half of 2023 pursuing a covert plan to assassinate Claire King’s character Kim Tate. When it was revealed that his father was Frank Tate, Kim’s late husband, the character who had been introduced as Faith Dingle’s (Sally Dexter) son was actually only half of the story.
Caleb was vengeful because he believed Kim was to blame for his father’s passing. He approached this with brutality and method, winning Kim over as a business partner and scheming to pilfer everything she owned.
In order to further his ambition, he was even willing to turn to his own family: he destroyed Moira’s (Natalie J. Robb) farm so Kim could purchase her land and expand her empire.
Caleb’s plan was foiled when Kim realised what was happening. Since then, he has focused on repairing his relationship with Cain (Jeff Hordley) and the other Dingle family members, and he has mostly been successful in doing so.
However, it appears that he still harbours animosity towards Kim and wants to see her fail completely.
William Ash expressed his excitement for this plot to us.
“He is always looking for ways to use anything as leverage to either get Kim out of Home Farm or to simply get the better of her.” He clarified, “That’s still running through him.”
The possibility for Caleb may have arisen when he realised that Kim Tate and Lydia’s rapist Craig (Ben Addis) were connected. Might this give him the tools he needs to defeat Kim once and for all?
Will said, “There is a suggestion of it.” He resembles a dog with a bone in a small way. He simply won’t give up. It’s really thrilling.
Will claimed that because of his early upbringing, Caleb is ruthless in pursuing his objectives, whether they be his resentment of Kim or his liaison with Tracy Robinson (Amy Walsh).
“I believe that his upbringing in foster care and his history of abandonment as a baby are the reasons he feels motivated.” Both his mother and father had little interest in getting to know him. Thus, he simply goes after his goals,’ he remarked.
He simply pursues things without really considering the consequences because there is a gap in his emotional development. In that sense, he is self-centered.
Because of this, Caleb has a ruthless streak and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. This was demonstrated to us earlier in the year when he treated Nicky (Lewis Cope) cruelly and wanted Nicky to marry Gabby (Rosie Bentham) as part of his scheme, despite the fact that he was aware of Nicky’s homosexuality.
“Those are folks that we all know.” They do seem to be having issues. Will chuckled.
‘He’s got problems, which motivates why he behaves that way, so he can have what he wants. He’s really successful as a businessman and made loads of money and done it all off his own bat, so I think he naturally has that ruthlessness. He can just flick a switch and switch off from emotional consequences.’
Which means that, once again, Kim Tate needs to watch her back.
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