. Mason, who struggled to make friends in the real world, found himself in the wrong place on the internet when seeking advice on how to speak to women and Eric – spying an opportunity – decided to pounce, poisoning the teen's mind with his warped views. Mason has since turned to Eric for advice, unaware that what he's doing is wrong. How exactly this pans out remains to be seen, but actor Angus Castle-Doughty – who is delivering a chilling and award-worthy performance as Eric – told us that the audience have yet to realise just how important this part of the storyline is, adding that this will likely become apparent in due course. 'There is a risk doing a storyline like this that you just show the badness for badness' sake,' he told Metro.co.uk. 'I think the importance of Mason in this is that he's such an undeniably sweet kid and it's important to show – especially nowadays with everyone plugged in – the risk of losing sweet boys who are searching for answers and finding them in entirely the wrong places. 'I think that's more prevalent than we realise. 'It's easy to watch Eric and be repulsed by him and creeped out by him – it's difficult when we have made these judgements already to see their vulnerability or the humanity. With Mason, you see this boy who is being torn apart from the inside.' Mason isn't the only one who has fallen under Eric's manipulative spell, h){kind=link}
Hollyoaks star Angus Castle-Doughty has revealed that Eric Foster will reach a point of no return in the coming months, as the radical misogyny storyline hurtles towards an end.
Eric, who exhibited disturbing behaviour pretty much straight away upon arriving in the eponymous village, has spiralled out of control in recent weeks, with him having targeted and spiked a number of women.
The radical misogynist frequents an online male forum to voice his dark and horrific thoughts with a community who share his twisted views, and it was here he set his sights on kind-hearted Mason Chen-Williams (Frank Kauer).
Mason, who struggled to make friends in the real world, found himself in the wrong place on the internet when seeking advice on how to speak to women and Eric – spying an opportunity – decided to pounce, poisoning the teen’s mind with his warped views.
Mason has since turned to Eric for advice, unaware that what he’s doing is wrong.