EastEnders ' Tony Moon actor Matt Lapinskas has joined Hollyoaks as a new villain.
The soap star, as well as co-stars Steph Waring, Gary Lucy, and Nick Pickard, are in Mallorca, Spain, filming for upcoming scenes.
According to Daily Star, Hollyoaks' bosses have hired a luxury villa at the sunny island that includes a swimming pool and a secluded beach.
"I love the scripts. I’m looking forward to getting my teeth into it," Matt, 33, said of his new role.
"I’ll be causing some trouble. The storyline is very intense."
Producer Kieran O'Sullivan revealed that the cast have been filming for 12 hours a day in order to get things done.
"Noise and weather are the biggest problems we face when we’re on location like this," he said.
The cast are in Spain as the plotline will focus around stag celebrations for Gary’s character Luke Morgan.
Matt joined BBC series EastEnders as Tony Moon in 2011.
When he was cast, he said: "I'm absolutely over the moon! It's been my lifetime ambition to be on EastEnders — I have watched it growing up with my nan, who is a big fan.
"I'm so pleased to get my first TV role, I just didn't believe it would be so big. I've met some of the cast I will be working with who were very friendly and welcoming and I can't wait to start filming".
He was only for the show for a short while and left in the summer of 2012.
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Talking to Inside Soap, he said he was 'disappointed' at the aspect of leaving.
He said: "I was quite disappointed when I found out Anthony would be leaving—I'd have liked to do a lot more stuff with him. It's a shame to not be a part of what's coming up."
Following his departure from the soap, he joined Dancing On Ice as a contestant.
He was runner-up to Olympic bronze medalist Beth Tweddle in the exciting eighth series.
Matt has since appeared on Dead Ringer as Detective Burbank in 2018 and The Seven as Michael in 2019.
Hollyoaks airs weekdays from 6:30pm on Channel 4.
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