Editing Patrick Trueman (section)

=== Characterisation ===
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Walker was keen to play a comic element to the character; telling Larry Jaffee of ''Walford Gazette'', "Before joining, I told the producer comedy is an area I would like to explore with the character because there was not enough of it in the show. Patrick treats a lot of things with a certain amount of humour. His way of escaping a problem is to find something funny to do or say or sometimes to get himself out of a tight corner. That’s really the sort of foundation. I try to put as much humour as possible into the character."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wgazette.com/wint09-rudolph.html|title=Exclusive Interview With Rudolph Waker (Patrick Trueman)|work=Walford Gazette|first=Larry|last=Jaffee|access-date=4 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122350/http://www.wgazette.com/wint09-rudolph.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2018, Patrick was described by Bailey as "charisma personified" and a "Caribbean alpha male" who "stands his ground" and "takes no nonsense". Yorke revealed that a lot of Patrick's character traits come from ideas from Walker himself, so the character is not stereotypical. The character is known for his trademark laugh, [[trilby]] hat and his catchphrase, "Yeah, man!".<ref>{{Cite episode |title=The British Soap Awards 2018 |series=The British Soap Awards |series-link=The British Soap Awards |network=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] |station=[[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] |date= 2 June 2018}}</ref>