EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy says her lesbian kiss with co-star Petra Letang drew a big crowd to the studio.

"It was really funny because word had gone around the building that we were filming it that day," she told Heat magazine.

"So suddenly all these blokes who work on the show turned up, looking for God knows what.

"We looked up and the studio was full of men. Well, they like that sort of thing, don't they? Bless 'em."

Natalie revealed that she and Petra had to film the kiss twice because they snogged for too long the first time.

"I talked to Petra when we found out it was coming up and said: "Look, if we're going to do this, let's go for it properly and not just do a lame peck." So we did.

"I'd asked the director how long we should kiss for, as it ends one episode and starts another, but he ended up shouting: "Cut! Not that long!"