Eddie Eyre hasn’t exactly had his feet up since he left EastEnders – in fact the actor has already got an exciting new role lined up!
Eddie, who played Lauren Branning’s love interest Josh Hemmings in the BBC soap, has revealed he’s got a brand new project in the pipeline.
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Speaking to Digital Spy, the 29-year-old actor reveals he’s about to tread the boards in a production of restoration comedy The Country Wife.
He plays womanising playboy Harry Horner in the production, which opens at the Southwark Playhouse in April.
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He explains: “It’s a move back because I’ve always done theatre. I trained at a theatre school, I’ve performed in the West End and worked with some great companies.
“There’s nothing quite like live theatre in terms of an experience. You get a thrill that you don’t get on any other project.”
The actor joined EastEnders in March 2017 for a year contract and was hiding a big secret – he was a member of the Willmott-Brown family.
Looking back at his time in the BBC soap, he says: ”I had a brilliant time there. It’s such a great cast and crew. I really enjoyed playing Josh.
“Working on a show like EastEnders, or any other continuing drama, is such a good experience for a young actor who’s wanting camera experience. I had a great time.”
He also joked that he wasn’t happy with the way his character was treated by Lauren!
He said: “As a fan of Josh and Lauren, I’m devastated – how dare she after all that?! (Laughs.) It was a whole year, Josh gave up everything for her and then she left him – awful! It’s left the door open for both characters now, which is interesting.”
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Lauren had promised to leave Walford and go to Scotland with him – but, at the crucial moment, she changed her mind!
Instead, she walked away from boyfriend Josh to start a new life on her own with son Louie.
At the time, Jacqueline Jossa – who played Lauren – joked: “I thought they’d kill me off.”
So the pair might return someday – with or without each other!
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