‘Without them, we’re nothing!’ EastEnders legend heaps praise on ‘extraordinary’ colleagues

EastEnders prima Harriet Thorpe has heaped praise connected her soap colleagues up of a immense week for her quality Elaine Peacock. 

The signifier and surface seasoned took implicit the relation of Linda Carter’s (Kellie Bright) mum from Maria Freidman past year, arsenic Elaine was re-introduced arsenic the caller co-landlady of The Queen Vic. 

Since joining the soap, Harriet’s quality has navigated a fig of challenges aft her spouse George Knight (Colin Salmon)’s ex-wife Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) returned from the dead.

Next week, Elaine and George hole to necktie the knot successful a large Walford wedding, and up of the cardinal scenes, the histrion hailed the ‘extraordinary’ squad astir her. 

She told Metro: ‘The penning is truthful bonzer astatine the moment, the layers. How those storyline producers enactment is beyond me. They indispensable request a batch of intelligence wellness enactment due to the fact that the storylines for each the characters are ultimate and truthful clever and truthful gripping, and however they intertwine with different characters and moments done the Square is truthful brilliant. 

‘The storylines are perfectly captivating and [Halloween] week has been extraordinary, with Nish and each of that. It’s been brilliant. I salute them. 

‘Without them we’re nothing.’

She continued: ‘Chris Clenshaw [the soap’s outgoing enforcement producer] is bonzer and we each person quality meetings and we each bring different thoughts and ideas astir the character.

‘[Elaine] has gone mode beyond what I could person dreamed of. The back-stories, caller bits of information, the revelatory moments springiness you a crushed you tin go, “I get wherefore that person’s similar that now.”

‘You don’t get that accidental often, to person each those layers endlessly talented to you. It’s been an implicit honour and joyousness to play.’

Harriet besides reflected connected however Elaine has ‘blossomed’ since her reintroduction. 

She recalled: ‘You spot her astatine the beginning, “I anticipation the champagne’s connected ice” – each that was the beginning. And past it’s “Point your digit astatine maine similar that again and I’ll manus them backmost to you successful a sandwich.” I person fantastic lines similar that that writers are present penning for maine due to the fact that she’s comic but she’s fearless. 

‘As we determination connected I’m getting much and much layers of her wit, her wisdom, her worries, and that travel is never-ending.’ 

EastEnders airs Monday to Thursday astatine 7.30pm connected BBC One and from 6am connected iPlayer.

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