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EastEnders- Ian's son to be recast! SPOILER (Merged)
The role of Ian Beale's youngest son, Bobby, is to be recast. Rory Stroud has taken over the role and will appear onscreen from the end of February.
Bobby was born 22nd July 2003. He was played by Kevin Curran until 2007 and then, Alex Francis took over the role appearing for the first time on 7th May 2007. He was last seen onscreen 4th September last year.
Bobby's mother, Laura, died in 2004 when she fell down the stairs. Pat found his birth cert which stated that Ian was the dad, Laura had pretended it was Garry Hobbs. Bobby has always thought of Jane as his real mum as she has been the only maternal influence in his life and of course, his half-brother, Steven, put pay to Jane ever having a child of her own.
Bobby was fond of Mandy but she left last year. He was left in the care of Lucy after his father disappeared.
Hopefully this is the start of Newman rebuilding the Beales. I expect Peter will return before the year is out. I thought Alex Francis was quite good in the role, don't know if he was axed or his parent's wanted him to leave.
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I thought the recast was about Peter actually:D
I actually screamed "Nooooooooooooooooooooo" as I opened the thread. Thought it was Peter as well but now meh I don't care.
But it's not a big deal, wish the little man good luck in life and his career, in acting or whatever else he'd like to do when he grows up!
Ha ha. Yep. They always look much older.
22 with a full beard and model looks to go with it :cool:. Tyler and Joey will have competition I believe.
At least it's not about Peter which was my first thought when I saw the thread!
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I've always wondered if Peter was axed for the two Goon brothers as EE works on that formula, as in one in one out, its why Anthony was axed for Joey. I've always suspected Jane was pushed out for Mandy rather than Laurie actually quitting as well. The whole Mandy thing was weird. Nicola only seemed to return because she was mates with BK. . You can never really tell as things get spinned so much by the actors and the show. Laurie's official line was that she quit to be a mother but then she signed up to Waterloo Road, a show that films series back to back and has a smaller cast, meaning a bigger work load. So it never made sense.
This!
I love cute Bobby:(
I wish Alex the best for the future. I liked him as Bobby. Hopefully it won't be too much of a change.
Been confirmed by DS.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/scoop/a455417/eastenders-bobby-beale-role-recast.html
Always known he would be recast