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Old 14-09-2014, 13:20
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The actor’s character is about to set fire to his home in an insurance scam without *realising Kat is inside.

As we revealed earlier this month, she will suffer horrific scars but has no idea her husband was *behind the arson attack.

The plot will test the couple’s relationship but bosses are keeping tight-lipped about when Kat finds out that it was Alfie.

Shane, 50, speaking at the TV Choice Awards, said he had considered walking out if Alfie and Kat (Jessie Wallace, 42) were not together.

He added: “Kat and Alfie are part of EastEnders. I don’t think Kat on her own works. And I don’t think Alfie on his own works.

“Fans liked Den and Angie and they like Kat and Alfie. I can’t think of any other couples in the show’s 30-year history like us.

“We’ve carried the torch from Den and Angie for all this time.

“It’s a different show now. For a while Kat and Alfie have been put to the sidelines but that’s all about to change.”

Speaking about the fire, Shane said: “Filming the fire scenes were really sad because it could well be the end of Kat and Alfie. It has a massive effect on them.

“There has been *infidelity, you had their baby die and the baby swap. But this is different. This is two people trying to come to terms with something so big.”

Shane joined EastEnders in 2002 and played Alfie for three years before leaving in 2005. The actor, who later returned alongside Jessie in 2010, said that if he was to ever leave then he would like his character to be written out in a way that allowed him to return.

He added: “I wouldn’t lose sleep if they killed me off because I can do other stuff – I’ve got a new game show. But I’d rather they didn’t. This show is my pension.”

The fire plot, which kicks off tomorrow night, puts Alfie and Kat back in the spotlight in some of the show’s most dramatic scenes this year.

Speaking about what it was like to film them, Shane said: “The framework of the house actually caught on fire when it wasn’t meant to. I had no idea it had happened. I didn’t know until they shouted ‘cut’ and ran over with a blanket. We had a fire crew on standby and they dealt with it.

“They left that shot in. There are bits you’ll see where the actual door frame has caught fire.”

Shane said writers have planned one of their best plots yet in the new year for Alfie and Kat in the run-up to the show’s 30th anniversary in February.

He said: “The stuff we’re doing at the moment is the best we’ve ever done. The pay-off, which we start shooting soon, is so good. People really won’t see it coming.”

Source: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/3...r-Shane-Richie
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Old 14-09-2014, 13:22
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I'm sorry but I disagree with Richie when he thinks Kat wouldn't work on her own without Alfie.
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Old 14-09-2014, 13:25
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“Fans liked Den and Angie and they like Kat and Alfie. I can’t think of any other couples in the show’s 30-year history like us.

“We’ve carried the torch from Den and Angie for all this time."

Oh, nob off. Pat and Frank eclipse Kat and Alfie immensely.

And Kat works wonderfully on her own.
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Old 14-09-2014, 13:29
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And Alfie and Kats money troubles have been done a million times before
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Old 14-09-2014, 13:30
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Lol 'Kat/Alfie are like Den/Angie'.. yeh and I'm related to the Royal family. I completely disagree with him, and I hope they kill him off.
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Old 14-09-2014, 13:31
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I'm sorry but I disagree with Richie when he thinks Kat wouldn't work on her own without Alfie.
This. She works without him - but Alfie doesn't work on his own [there's nothing endearing about a scam artist who acts like he's a Saint].
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Old 14-09-2014, 13:31
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The pension comment is arrogant, but I do agree with him re: Kat and Alfie as a pair. Stacey is there for Kat to bounce off, but that was so awful in 2010 that it seems many would sooner they had their separate storylines to avoid any risk of them both regressing. I'm certainly in that camp. Kat can't base the rest of her life around Stacey.

I also don't want Kat's story rehashed by her becoming single again and crying that no one will want her. We had enough repeats of her story in 2010-12. Let one big couple have a happy ending. Kat's looking like she'll be giving Ronnie a run for her money with this storyline; I'm not sure I could stand any more suffering for her after it. There are already enough EastEnders children in broken homes, there don't need to be any more - especially Tommy who has already lost one father if you can call Michael that.

He is right when he talks about them as an iconic couple, although the carrying the torch wording is a bit strong. Den and Angie, Kat and Alfie, Pat and Frank, Bianca and Ricky, Pauline and Arthur; they're in a group with only a handful of couples. Just look at the disaster Bianca has been following Sid Owen's departure.
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Old 14-09-2014, 13:33
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I'm sorry but I disagree with Richie when he thinks Kat wouldn't work on her own without Alfie.
indeed. I actually think kat is much better without him
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Old 14-09-2014, 13:33
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When I read articles I make sure to remember that the way something is written isn't necessarily the way it would sound if I heard the person speaking. In Richie's case I just can't do that. He ALWAYS comes off like he's got a huge ego. It's actually infuriating that he thinks he's so important to EastEnders. Does he not realise it existed for almost 2 decades before he came along? As for Kat and Alfie being the only couple since Den and Angie, I think Pat and Frank's fans would disagree. Not to mention Ricky and Bianca, Sharon and Grant, Stacey and Bradley, and so on. He really doesn't do himself any favours.
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Old 14-09-2014, 13:42
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Pmsl!

Good old Shane always makes me laugh!

I love his interviews and I agree about his comments about keeping Kat and Alfie together but I think a lot of the other comments are tongue in cheek though, (the Den and Angie one and the EE being his pension one) however he and Kat are an iconic couple imo and he does make me laugh and he always has and is playing a blinder at the moment and I hope he stays in EE for a long time yet!
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Old 14-09-2014, 13:46
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Erm the Pearly Saint Alfie is no Den Watts Shane.

Just saying.
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Old 14-09-2014, 13:53
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what a modest little soul shane is. i wonder how he gets his small head through the gates at elstree.
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Old 14-09-2014, 13:55
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Erm the Pearly Saint Alfie is no Den Watts Shane.

Just saying.
i quite agree keyser. not on your nelly.

the only character that remotely comes close to den is mick.
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Old 14-09-2014, 14:06
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Last year Kat was better when Alfie was with Roxy
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Old 14-09-2014, 14:10
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Kat worked amazingly on her own actually.

That being said, I don't want them to split up now that they actually have twins.
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Old 14-09-2014, 14:13
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I don't want to see Kat bringing up her children alone and I can't imagine her being happy with anyone but Alfie.
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Old 14-09-2014, 14:22
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I thought Lauren and Joey carried the torch from Den n Angie.

He really doesn't help himself with comments like that.
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Old 14-09-2014, 14:30
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Den and Angie to Kat and Alfie is a better comparison than Kat and Alfie to Tyler and Whitney!
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Old 14-09-2014, 14:32
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I thought Lauren and Joey carried the torch from Den n Angie.

He really doesn't help himself with comments like that.
Nope, that was Whitney and Tyler.
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Old 14-09-2014, 14:33
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Erm the Pearly Saint Alfie is no Den Watts Shane.

Just saying.
Alfie is indeed no Den Watts and I wouldn't want him to be, Den was a good character but he cheated on Angie left right and centre while she drank herself stupid and they were always arguing, at least when Kat and Alfie are together (and she's not cheating) they are at least friends.

I preferred Pat and Frank!
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Old 14-09-2014, 14:35
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“Kat and Alfie are part of EastEnders. I don’t think Kat on her own works. And I don’t think Alfie on his own works.

RIDICULOUS! Kat completely worked on her own before Alfie even appeared! Easily argued that it when when she was at her BEST!

ALFIE DOESN'T WORK ON HIS OWN is what Shane is too delusional to see!

“Fans liked Den and Angie and they like Kat and Alfie. I can’t think of any other couples in the show’s 30-year history like us.

Eh *cough* *cough* STACEY & BRADLEY! Epic couple. Worked throughout (unlike Kat & Alfie). They are far better.
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Old 14-09-2014, 14:51
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He's joking? He has to be. And as for Kat not working on her own! That's histerical p
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Old 14-09-2014, 14:54
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Den and Chrissie worked great together and Den also worked great by himself, so who's to say what Kat and/or Alfie could achieve without each other
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Old 14-09-2014, 15:00
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He's soo arrogant, always thinking so highly of Alfie and Kalfie, and he is the master of overhyping his sls.
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Old 14-09-2014, 15:00
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Shane Richie certainly has a big ego.
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