Emmerdale's beleaguered Home Farm estate will become a 'funnier' place thanks to its new occupants, actor Jason Merrells has promised. His character Declan Macey soon takes over the reins at the posh house along with his ex-wife Ella Hart (Corinne Wicks), his daughter Mia (Sapphire Elia) and his dad Dermot (Frank Kelly). Jason told Inside Soap: "The intention is to really lighten the mood up there, as it's been so dark recently thanks to the Wyldes' murder storyline. Hopefully it'll be a lot funnier, too - that's certainly what all of the Macey family want it to be." He said he hoped the family would escape the 'curse' of Home Farm, which saw his predecessors, the Wylde family, crumble after Natasha murdered her bigamist husband Mark on the premises. Jason added that his character will set out to be a 'benevolent' lord of the manor, and will renovate the house to accommodate the needs of Jackson and Hazel following Jackson's devastating accident.
