EastEnders - Shane Richie hints his days in Albert Square are over
http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eastenders-star-shane-richie-hints-5632335
Eastenders star Shane Richie has hinted that his days at Walford are over for good.
Shane, who plays cheeky Alfie Moon, said: “I’m out of it now ... you’ll see.”
Alfie is leaving the BBC soap to get his own six-part spin-off with screen wife Kat, played by Jessie Wallace, 41.
In it they move to Ireland to leave behind their troubled past, including affairs and Kat being injured when Alfie set fire to their home .
But Shane, 51, said this time there will be no return to EastEnders.
Work lined up includes BBC drama Moving On, where he is the love interest of Julie Hesmondhalgh, 45, who played Hayley Cropper in rival soap Coronation Street.
Speaking at the Downton Abbey Centre Point Ball, Shane said of EastEnders: “It’s really nice because Alfie is not in it.” Shane also let slip he thinks there is little to choose between EastEnders and Corrie.
He said: “Julie and I were talking about the differences and there isn’t any. We all have the same angst, the same commitment, the same passion for our shows.”
Shane arrived in Albert Square in 2002, and became one of it’s *best-loved characters. He left in 2005 but was back five years later.
Eastenders star Shane Richie has hinted that his days at Walford are over for good.
Shane, who plays cheeky Alfie Moon, said: “I’m out of it now ... you’ll see.”
Alfie is leaving the BBC soap to get his own six-part spin-off with screen wife Kat, played by Jessie Wallace, 41.
In it they move to Ireland to leave behind their troubled past, including affairs and Kat being injured when Alfie set fire to their home .
But Shane, 51, said this time there will be no return to EastEnders.
Work lined up includes BBC drama Moving On, where he is the love interest of Julie Hesmondhalgh, 45, who played Hayley Cropper in rival soap Coronation Street.
Speaking at the Downton Abbey Centre Point Ball, Shane said of EastEnders: “It’s really nice because Alfie is not in it.” Shane also let slip he thinks there is little to choose between EastEnders and Corrie.
He said: “Julie and I were talking about the differences and there isn’t any. We all have the same angst, the same commitment, the same passion for our shows.”
Shane arrived in Albert Square in 2002, and became one of it’s *best-loved characters. He left in 2005 but was back five years later.
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Should have been left in the 00's...
"I'm out of it now.." well we already knew that.
Further down he says "this time there will be no return to Eastenders". That sounds to me like he won't be back at all.
Why?
Do you think i'll die without Alfie?
He will always be in my heart and Shane is currently presenting Decimate on weekday afternoons and has filmed a prog with Hayley from Corrie and then there's the spin-off so it's not like I won't ever see him again is it?
Besides i'll be able to get more things done if i'm not glued to this forum arguing about Alfie/Shane or watching EE.
Anyway he'll be back once the work dries up!
Yes! At last he's gone! Thank **** for that. I'm so glad
You only watch Eastenders or come on here just for him? There's so much more than Alfie.
Nah; I'm just being daft as usual.
This is intriguing though because in Saturday's Sun tv mag Shane was saying that he loved being Alfie and that he was committed to EE so he's changed his tune since that interview, still, to me he will always be a silly comedian/entertainer and gameshow host before silly Alfie Moon.
I bet if things don't work out he'll back knocking on the EE producer's door asking for a return for the silly old duffer!
So what if I did?
Would that be wrong?
You couldn't give a toss about Shane or Alfie so you don't even know how I feel!
No you're not daft!
At least you acknowledged the fact that this news would bother me no one else did!
That could be possible.
He is out of it now as I think he and Jessie have finished filming.
It is a turnaround as I have already mentioned that Sun tv mag ran a mini interview with Shane this Saturday gone and he said that he and Jessie are committed to EE and he loves being Alfie but that interview might have been done some weeks ago though, I do hope he and Kat do return even if only for a guest appearance.
Ah well, that sounds like the paper saying that then, they do like to sensationalise don't they?
I hope he does come back!
Kat is having enough misery heaped on her at the moment, she deserves her final happily ever after.
I don't want Alfie to die either, Kat needs him to lean on and the kids need a dad and I know Alfie isn't perfect and has bollocksed up big time in recent times but he and Kat love each other and they deserve a happy ending!:-)
Of course there's a point to the spin-off!
Kat and Alfie go to Ireland, possibly to try and find her son.
I don't know if there's a demand for such a show but DTC seems to feel they deserve one anyway!
There does seem to be more to tell with these characters hence the spin-off!