EastEnders actress Kellie Bright has detailed filming secrets from the soap's huge flashforward scene.
During last night's episode, everything flashed forward to Christmas 2023 as six of Walford’s much loved matriarchs - Denise (Diane Parish), Kathy (Gillian Taylforth), Linda (Kellie Bright), Sharon (Letitia Dean), Stacey (Lacey Turner) and Suki (Balvinder Sopal) - were shown standing over a dead body, but who is it and who's responsible?
Kellie has now dropped some revelations about filming the scenes, and confirmed that a body double was used so the actresses aren't yet aware of who has been killed - and who committed the crime.
Speaking to Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on This Morning, she said: "When we filmed that flash forward, we weren't told very much at all. One of the things you can't really see is that I had a split lip and I don't know why or how I ended up with it."
Dropping some secrets from the set, she added: "We had a stand in, a body double if you'd like. It wasn't the person. When we filmed it, they actually made Tish [Letitia Dean] do it two ways so we had a 'he's dead' and a 'she's dead'.
"Watching it last night was the first time I really knew all about it. You can imagine, we've all gone around the houses on who it could be. I think there's going to be lots of red herrings, and that's what is so clever about this."
Soap boss Chris Clenshaw has revealed all the women have motives - and people they want to see the end of.
"Linda’s world has been thrown upside down by seeing a photo of Shirley with Dean, but she’s forced to focus on who her new business partner will be or face losing her home. Both Sharon and Nish are hoping to get the keys to the castle, but her knight in shining armour may not be who you think," he shared.
"Suki’s struggling in her marriage with Nish and is desperately trying to convince herself that she doesn’t have feelings for Eve. As the year progresses, Suki will uncover truths, have her relationships tested but her biggest secret could push her to the extreme."
Of Kathy and Stacey's storyline, Chris teased: "Kathy’s planning to tie the knot with Rocky but we know with Rocky he has a past so just what will catch up with him. Not only has Stacey been dealing with the rising cost of living, but also struggling to keep her pregnant daughter out of harm’s way. This year Stacey finds herself doing something she’s never done before in an effort to protect her family and unborn grandchild," whilst there's also trouble for Jack and Denise and Sharon and Keanu.
"Denise’s marriage to Jack is crumbling and local-villain Ravi has had his eye on her for weeks now – but how long can she resist temptation? Expect explosive action when Jack discovers what’s been going on," he added, "Just as quickly as Sharon and Keanu reunited, she discovered that he and Sam have history too, leaving Sharon newly single. However, as we know, Sharon’s wearing a wedding dress at Christmas, so watch out for many twists, turns, and plenty of heartbreak along the way."
