Emmerdale fans shocked as ITV soap recasts Dawn Taylor's son Lucas
Emmerdale has recast the role of Dawn Taylor’s young son Lucas, with actor Noah Ryan Aspinall taking over the role. Noah made his first on-screen appearance as the character during Monday night’s episode on ITV, replacing Dexter Ansell, who had played the character since his introduction on the soap in 2019.The episode saw Lucas’ father Alex turn up to the village and introduce himself to his son, against mum Dawn’s wishes.The show hasn’t revealed a reason why the Lucas Taylor actor was replaced, but it’s fairly common for younger actors to be switched out as they get older.The character last appeared on our screens back in March and fans took to Twitter to comment on the new actor’s first appearance on screen.