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27-04-2010, 00:46
FORMER EastEnder Phil Daniels has blasted the show's bosses for axeing six stars, saying: "They haven't a clue what viewers want."
The Quadrophenia legend hit out after The Sun revealed mechanic Rick "Minty" Peterson, taxi driver Charlie Slater, student Libby Fox and others will go in a cull by new producer Brian Kirkwood.
Phil, 51, who played Libby's step-dad car salesman Kevin Wicks on the soap until 2007, said: "It'll be sad. Minty's good, Charlie's good. I love Libby.
"They are good characters. I don't see why they have to go. That's that programme for you. Hasn't got a clue, has it? Viewers don't want it to be Hollyoaks.
"It's a chance for me to come back from the dead if they want glamour.
"There aren't enough laughs in EastEnders for me - and there weren't when I was doing it either!"
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/soaps/2948871/Former-EastEnder-Phil-Daniels-slams-shows-clueless-bosses.html#ixzz0mFkivgoq
The Quadrophenia legend hit out after The Sun revealed mechanic Rick "Minty" Peterson, taxi driver Charlie Slater, student Libby Fox and others will go in a cull by new producer Brian Kirkwood.
Phil, 51, who played Libby's step-dad car salesman Kevin Wicks on the soap until 2007, said: "It'll be sad. Minty's good, Charlie's good. I love Libby.
"They are good characters. I don't see why they have to go. That's that programme for you. Hasn't got a clue, has it? Viewers don't want it to be Hollyoaks.
"It's a chance for me to come back from the dead if they want glamour.
"There aren't enough laughs in EastEnders for me - and there weren't when I was doing it either!"
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/soaps/2948871/Former-EastEnder-Phil-Daniels-slams-shows-clueless-bosses.html#ixzz0mFkivgoq