EastEnders fans swoon over Reiss star Jonny Freeman in unrecognisable snaps ahead of exit

EastEnders prima Jonny Freeman, who plays Reiss successful the BBC soap, is simply a satellite distant from his quality arsenic helium wowed fans successful an unrecognisable throwback drawback earlier clip time connected the show

EastEnders' Reiss Colwell, played by Jonny Freeman, has near fans gobsmacked with a pre-soap photograph amid his Albert Square exit. Soap devotees are doing treble takes implicit the "handsome" histrion who is "unrecognisable" from his Walford persona.

Tonight's occurrence proves to beryllium a tense 1 for Reiss and Sonia (Natalie Cassidy) arsenic Reiss admitted that helium had framed Bianca for the execution of his woman Debbie (Jenny Meier) - with Sonia abruptly realising that helium was really the killer.

While Jonny whitethorn beryllium softly terrifying arsenic Reiss successful Albert Square, the histrion sent fans into a frenzy past year erstwhile helium posted a throwback representation connected societal media. The prima looked worlds distant from his EastEnders character, sporting a neatly trimmed beard and a afloat caput of hairsbreadth with nary comb-over successful sight.

The headshot captures the histrion smouldering into the camera with his piercing greenish eyes. Fans were speedy to announcement the representation and gush implicit the actor's bully looks. "Very handsome, should person kept him similar that," 1 instrumentality commented.

Another added: "What a difference... shocker." A 3rd instrumentality chimed in: "Omg helium is truthful bully looking, helium looks truthful antithetic successful existent life,".

Fans connected societal media are buzzing astir the translation of a soap star, with 1 commenting: "OMG truthful different."

Jonny has graced our screens successful BBC's Silent Witness and Channel 4's Top Boy, but it was his determination to the soap world successful 2022 that had him "delighted". Reflecting connected his lukewarm invited astatine the time, helium shared: "Everybody has been truthful welcoming, and I'm precise fortunate to person been moving truthful intimately with the beauteous Natalie Cassidy, who is not lone a fantastic histrion but a delightful person; she has precise kindly helped maine navigate my archetypal fewer weeks."

He added, "I anticipation I tin bash Reiss justice. He is benignant but socially awkward, and seeing however helium manages, oregon doesn't manage, his aboriginal exchanges with Sonia and her nearest and dearest has been rather interesting. I'm looking guardant to seeing however some audiences and the residents of Walford respond to him."

While tonight's occurrence sees Reiss fly aft being deed implicit the caput by Bianca, who had breached escaped from the fastener up wherever helium had been imprisoning her, galore fans are convinced that Reiss volition conscionable a grisly end during the show's 40th day celebrations.

EastEnders continues contiguous astatine 7:30pm connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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