EastEnders’ Dean Gaffney stages comeback alongside acting legend

EastEnders prima Dean Gaffney is staging an acting comeback arsenic he’s acceptable to look successful a movie other a large sanction successful the industry.

The actor, who roseate to fame arsenic Robbie Jackson successful the BBC One soap, volition prima successful an upcoming task alongside Vinnie Jones.

Taking to Instagram, the erstwhile soap prima shared a drawback from the acceptable of the movie arsenic he’s pictured staring astatine erstwhile footballer Vinnie.

‘Myself and Vinnie coming to a surface this year’, helium connected his story, with a reddish bosom emoji finishing retired the message.

Dean has starred successful EastEnders connected and disconnected since 1993. He was past seen successful 2019 erstwhile Robbie arrived backmost successful Walford with lad Sami. 

Robbie’s actions gave Sonia (Natalie Cassidy) origin for concern, and she soon discovered that helium wasn’t readying connected allowing Sami to spell backmost home, and had been ignoring Nita’s (Bindya Solanki) calls.

Nita showed up successful Walford and took Sami home, but not agelong afterwards, Robbie got connection that his lad had been successful an mishap and frankincense made a swift departure, which served arsenic his exit storyline.

Dean told The Daily Star successful 2020 that helium had talks with bosses about returning aboriginal down the line.

‘I had a gathering with the brag and they said, “The doorway is near unfastened for Robbie and we volition decidedly spot you successful the future”.

‘It volition hap astatine immoderate point. It’s conscionable a lawsuit of erstwhile it happens. So I can’t kick astir that.’

Dean opened up past twelvemonth astir the devastation of losing his mum, who passed distant successful August 2023.

‘Nothing prepared maine for going to prime my mum up for a regular Sunday roast and uncovering her passed away.

‘What I saw shall stay private, but it volition haunt maine forever. Sudden bosom attacks are a thing. One time you tin beryllium here, the adjacent gone, virtually elemental arsenic that.

‘I americium not 1 to stock my grief connected societal media. However, I conscionable wanted to accidental it’s been a pugnacious twelvemonth for maine and possibly I’ve done things uncharacteristically. Grief hits successful galore ways.’

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