First disabled adult role for 'Enders

[LostVoodoo]

i'm more bothered about the fact that they've said he's snobby because he goes to Oxford...ffs Eastenders! just when i think they might be doing something positive in having characters at university they have to play to stereotypes.

[di marco]

tbh though from people i know that go to oxford they are all snobby! i know i dont know them all and some people that go there might not be but i reckon a lot are

[LostVoodoo]

tbh though from people i know that go to oxford they are all snobby! i know i dont know them all and some people that go there might not be but i reckon a lot are

i know a few people who went to Oxbridge and they aren't snobby and niether are the friends they've met there. they might be very intelligent and some of them have money, but that doesn't automatically make them snobby.

i get really annoyed with the way sopas, but mainly Eastenders seem to have an issue with people who go to university, they're all somehow exclusive and 'different' to normal people. remember sonia training to become a nurse and somehow she was betraying her family with martin and everyone said she was bound to run off with a doctor? that's why i was quite pleased when Libby and Tamwar got the whole universtiy storyline, so at least one of them had better go!

[di marco]

tbh though from people i know that go to oxford they are all snobby! i know i dont know them all and some people that go there might not be but i reckon a lot are

i know a few people who went to Oxbridge and they aren't snobby and niether are the friends they've met there. they might be very intelligent and some of them have money, but that doesn't automatically make them snobby.

i get really annoyed with the way sopas, but mainly Eastenders seem to have an issue with people who go to university, they're all somehow exclusive and 'different' to normal people. remember sonia training to become a nurse and somehow she was betraying her family with martin and everyone said she was bound to run off with a doctor? that's why i was quite pleased when Libby and Tamwar got the whole universtiy storyline, so at least one of them had better go!

as i said not all people who go to oxford or cambridge are snobby but the people i know have been. although not everyone who goes to uni is snobby especially now as quite a lot of people go

[Perdita]

EastEnders star David Proud has insisted that his disabled character must not become a "stereotype" on the soap.

The actor, who was born with spina bifida and cannot walk unaided, made his debut as wheelchair user Adam Best last night. His role was first announced in June.

Though Proud is the BBC One show's first ever adult disabled actor, he has confirmed that its writers will not be dwelling on the issue in Adam's forthcoming plots.

Speaking to The Sun, the 26-year-old commented: "The BBC scriptwriters used my independent nature to shape their characterisation of Adam. They have purposely avoided making his disability a storyline."

He continued: "Adam thinks his mother's boyfriend Minty isn't good enough for her and neither is the Queen Vic up to standard. Not all disabled people are nice, so all characters shouldn't be either. It's a stereotype. People are people. He is a multi-layered, rounded character and his story will unfold."

Proud also revealed that changes were made to the Albert Square set before he filmed his first scenes.

"They have tweaked it to give me as much access as I need but it was all done by the time I arrived," he explained. "We haven't tackled the height of the Queen Vic bar yet but it's representative. I mean, the world isn't accessible and it's important that the set highlights this for my character."

Proud's real-life condition, a birth defect which results in an incomplete formation of the spinal cord, is also used to explain Adam's wheelchair use on the programme.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a1...storyline.html

[sindydoll]

where do i know his face from

[jessicaesutton]

where do i know his face from

He was in a CBBC series called Desperados and he was also in an episode of Secret Diary of a Call Girl with Billie Piper in series 2.

[sindydoll]

never watched them maybe he just has a fimilier face

[Chris_2k11]

I dont like him for some reason

[sindydoll]

I dont like him for some reason

he's a creep