Ross Kemp is considering a return to EastEnders
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The 56-year-old actor has made a number of brief returns to the BBC soap since he first quit in 1999 – after 10 years as hardman Grant Mitchell – and Ross admitted he would be happy to make a comeback as the Covid-19 pandemic has affected his documentary work.
He told Entertainment Daily:
‘I don’t think you ever rule it out. But that would be down to the BBC, that’s not down to me.
‘I would never say no to going back to anything. I’ve always enjoyed acting and if an acting role came along, I would take it if it was something that I thought I would enjoy.
‘And like everybody else, beggars can’t be choosers right now. We all take what we can get while we can because who knows what the future holds. It’s been a very, very tough year. I haven’t suffered as badly as others but I think everybody in their own way is finding it tough’.
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Ross previously revealed he only landed his EastEnders role after messing up his audition for The Bill.
The star – who has played Grant on and off from 1990 to 2016 – was caught playing around with a pair of handcuffs and ruined his chances of appearing on the ITV police drama, which led to his most memorable role on the BBC soap.
He said:
‘Basically, I was up for a part in The Bill, and I didn’t get it. Part of the reason I didn’t get it was because I was playing with the handcuffs, and whipping them across my fingers.
‘Then, I whipped it across my wrist and I couldn’t carry on filming! The props guys didn’t have the key so I didn’t get the part. But the two guys who were in charge of The Bill at the time went across to the BBC to start producing EastEnders.
‘And I was picked as one of the guys as a possible Mitchell brother. I got a little work out of the BBC for 10 years – though I never screen-tested with Steve [McFadden], funny enough’.
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