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21st January 2016
09:16am GMT

Jessie commented on Shane's character and the play: "There's a very menacing side to Victor which I've never seen you (Shane) play before. There's a lot of colour to it and it's really scary and very jumpy and then in the next breath it's funny. So it's a really dark comedy."
When asked about whether or not people will be able to separate Kat and Alfie from these new characters Jessie said, "I don't think they will. But one time I was doing a play and right at the end of it I was kissing my husband in the play, and someone screamed out, 'what would Alfie say?'"
She continued: "When you are in a soap, in people's living rooms four days a week, you are that character. Even when I left and wasn't in EastEnders for five years, I still was Kat. When I'm fifty, I'll always be Kat. You can't get away from it."
Shane added, "You either diss it or you embrace it. You think, hold on there are a load of actors who would love to have the opportunity that we've had. Over 14 years of Kat and Alfie, we feel like we've created something that people can relate to."
News broke recently that they would be coming to Ireland to film a 6 part drama spin-off from EastEnders. In the popular soap, Kat finds out that she has a second child, a twin to her daughter. The show will follow her journey to Ireland in search of her long lost son.
Speaking about the drama Shane said, "We get plonked in this village, where there are all these stories going on, that we become in-brawled in. So it's all Irish cast, all Irish crew. We're really excited by it. We will be here for four months and we can't wait."
The casting for the series is currently underway so the two couldn't confirm who would play the role of Kat's son. They confirmed that they will be in Dublin for some of the filming.
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