'I've made a fortune since leaving EastEnders but I might be tempted back' says iconic actor

Michael Greco played Italian ladies' antheral Beppe di Marco for 5 years, and he's dropped hints that helium could 1 time instrumentality to Albert Square - not that helium needs the money!

Legendary EastEnders prima Michael Greco says helium could beryllium lured backmost and is up for reprising his relation arsenic Beppe di Marco.

Beppe's quality near the amusement successful 2002 aft his mother's ceremonial to beryllium with his household successful Leicester and since past the histrion who portrayed him has taken portion successful a fig of different shows including Celebrity Love Island, Soapstar Superstar, Casualty, and helium was besides the voiceover for America's Hardest Bounty Hunters.

Since leaving the amusement much than 20 years ago, helium has carved retired a vocation arsenic the astir palmy personage poker subordinate successful the UK, astir a cardinal successful prize wealth arsenic helium continued acting. But fans volition ever retrieve him arsenic the gravel-voiced Italian who wood dozens of women successful Albert Square.

Asked astir returning to the BBC soap, helium said: "I wouldn't accidental no, due to the fact that I unrecorded 20 minutes up the roadworthy from the studios. Also due to the fact that it was a large amusement and 5 of the champion years of my life. They've not asked maine backmost yet but if they did, I would instrumentality the call."

But helium accepts there's a large contented holding backmost a return. "The occupation with my quality is Beppe has nary connections connected the quadrate anymore. There are nary household oregon exes there. So it would beryllium precise hard to present maine to a storyline, but you ne'er know."

In a caller interrogation with casino and slot website FruitySlots.com, helium says moving connected the soap was the champion 5 years of his life, and dishes connected his adjacent relationship with erstwhile co-star Martin Kemp and his treasured memories of the precocious Barbara Windsor. "It’s conscionable truthful peculiar that I was adjacent a portion of her beingness and we crossed paths," helium said. "She was an unthinkable lady."

In caller years he's made a tv comeback, moving connected a Netflix show. He starred arsenic Pothinus successful Queen Cleopatra, a four-part series. His quality was the member of Cleopatra, who was played by Adele James. He had different large alteration successful his beingness of precocious arsenic helium became a dada for the archetypal clip successful 2022 earlier small Gianni arrived earlier this year.

The histrion welcomed archetypal lad with his woman Helen Harris, who they named Gianluca but the tot's commencement was incredibly traumatic for them all. Gianluca, whose sanction is Italian and means acquisition of god, was calved six weeks aboriginal arsenic helium had a uncommon defect called Gastroschisis, which is erstwhile the intestines are recovered extracurricular of the baby's assemblage and different organs, specified arsenic the tummy and liver tin besides beryllium affected.

The histrion shared the quality of his commencement online, writing: "My boy. Gianluca Greco. Born July 1st 2021. Weighing 4.47lbs. The small antheral was calved prematurely owed to the information that erstwhile scans had failed to prime up his uncommon commencement defect called Gastroschisis. The advisor suggested it was champion for him to calved aboriginal truthful that helium could get the indispensable attraction and attention. He was calved astatine University College of London Hospital @uclh.

"Their unit were highly nonrecreational and Mother and Baby could not person been successful amended hands. Dad was a 'tad' affectional to accidental the least! Baby has already had his archetypal cognition to regenerate his bowel wherever it should beryllium and is nether the world's champion attraction of @greatormondst wherever helium volition beryllium successful ICU for a portion and astir most apt for up to 6 weeks. My bosom is afloat already and this is by acold the champion time of my life. I emotion you Gianluca much than I tin ever imagine."

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