Dot Threatens to Quit Depressing Eastenders
EASTENDERS legend June Brown is threatening to quit — because she doesn’t like the depressing storylines.
June, 79, who has been in the gloomy soap for 22 YEARS, recently held up filming for two hours while she complained about a new plot.
In a second blow for chiefs, co-star John Bardon — June’s on-screen hubby Jim Branning — has already told new boss Diederick Santer he wants out.
June, who plays downtrodden Dot, admitted to pals she now finds the storylines “depressing”. She is said to be particularly unhappy with a plot in which Dot finds a refugee baby dumped in a church and takes her home.
The actress gave bosses a flea in the ear about the scripts, delaying filming on location in Tring, Herts. And that sparked a row with John, who told her off for keeping the crew waiting.
A show insider said: “There was tension, a feeling she should have seen producers as soon as she got the script.
“June and John are good friends but they are tired of the show and don’t really like where it is going.”
But last night an EastEnders spokeswoman insisted: “John and June are not leaving.”
Well they would say that wouldnt they
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