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Originally Posted by LostVoodoo
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Stella...Quote:
Originally Posted by LostVoodoo
He seemed fine until Louise moved in she must have triggered his Stella memories
I think that was due to having to share his dad again..Quote:
Originally Posted by tammyy2j
I think this is how they will write him out?
Is he going to be locked up in a young offenders institution to explain him leaving or will the character get killed off?
Excellent storyline. And this is the perfect way for Ben to come out of the young offenders institution played by a new actor.
With a bit of luck, this new Ben will be Grant/Phil Mk 2 with lots of charm...but not necessarily a bad`un. And hopefully this new actor will play the older teen a lot more convincingly with meatier storylines than with the Ben they have now.
:)
What a good idea, like that one!
Maybe Lucas kills him
Nah he is too busy with prostatutes!
Didn't Stella comvince ben it would be a bad thing if Louise tirned up again. It has been playing in the back of my mind.
Inside Soap says that Ben will get an explosive exit which will shock viewers and that it will affect a lot of other residents as well. Apparently Phil will be left shaken by his son's actions.
Any ideas?
Goes to juvy or suicide maybe
I think this is to do with whacking thingy over the head.
If it was suicide surely Phil would be more than "shaken"? Maybe he asks to be taken into care or something like that.
I reckon....he gets sentenced then after goes to live with a long lost aunt...or other relative!
He will probably leave with Peggy to live with Grant
Hardly explosive but I think you are probably correct Tams.
Mind you just thought - he could run away to join the circus with Lucy :lol:
maybe he does a Stella and throws himself of a building taken Louise with him
Perhaps he becomes a suicide bomber and blows himself up in the Queen Vic. That would certainly be an expliosive exit that will affect a lot of other residents.Quote:
Originally Posted by lizann
SHATTERED young EastEnders stars Melissa Suffield and Charlie Jones are getting the boot so their roles can go to BETTER actors.
The shocked pair - sacked in a shake-up by the BBC1 soap - have learned their characters Lucy Beale and Ben Mitchell are NOT being axed with them.
Last night Charlie, 13, who has played Phil Mitchell's part-deaf son for four years, was said to be "inconsolable".
An insider said bosses were not happy with the performances of Charlie and Melissa, 17.
Melissa's "unruly behaviour" off the set has also been a source of embarrassment for the Beeb.
A source said: "Sometimes a higher level of experience is needed as characters mature."
New EastEnders producer Bryan Kirkwood has swept in wielding the fresh broom.
Ben Mitchell WILL exit as part of a "dramatic" storyline involving stepsister Louise.
But he will RETURN in the future - played by someone else.
Ian Beale's daughter Lucy is going NOWHERE but Melissa will be replaced.
The show insisted: "It's common practice to recast actors employed as children to take on more challenging adult storylines."
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz0q9bgXqTx
Sounds good - they are both poor actors. I do feel a bit sorry for them, though.
I feel sorry for Charlie as he done nothing wrong and been replaced but Melissa was warned to behave and now she has to pay the priceQuote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
So Ben dont die if he is recast
I hate the character of Lucy
Nothing to do with the fact that he can't act for toffee and is as wooden as a my coffee table.Quote:
Originally Posted by Siobhan
Well yes there is that but he is a very young actor and he probably thinks he is doing his best...Quote:
Originally Posted by Abigail
There is far worse than him on the showQuote:
Originally Posted by Abigail
It must be devastating for a child to be told they're not good enough and their job is being given to someone else.
It all depends I should think on how you tell him. Presumably he is getting paid a fair bit and he is in the BBC's flagship drama series. Whilst it probably is devastating for a young actor to be told that, the BBC also has a duty to its viewers and license fee payers. If they don't think he's good enough he can't just be kept on because he's young.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
Harsh but true Parkerman.
See both sides of this... He is not good enough and can't be kept but still.. if you were working and you thought you were doing a good job, then your boss says, we are letting you go, but not your position.. you would feel like crap, no matter how he put it...
I think the way EE have handled it is a bit harsh. So there acting wasn't good but that's what happens when you pick kids of the street and throw them in front of the camera instead of going to drama schools and recruiting younger staff members who've had some training. They should have been given him extra tutition on how to improve his acting and if that didn't work they could have soften the blow by writing Ben's character out for a year send him away a detention centre. They could have just told Charlie that they don't have enough storylines for him and that is why he is being written out. Then in a year revamp the character and bring in a new face.
As for Lucy well she's has had enough chances maybe her parents should have taken more responisbilty and getting her to sort herself out. If she can't find any other work she's only herself to blame.
HARDMAN Phil Mitchell tries to toughen up his son Ben by sending him to boxing class.
The lad is facing a lengthy term in a young offenders’ institution after attacking neighbour Jordan Johnson with a spanner.
Phil (Steve McFadden, 51) tries to prepare his musicals-loving son by sending him to a gym, but when Ben (Charlie Jones, 14) gets in the ring he realises he is never going to survive behind bars.
And we can reveal the Mitchell clan’s worst fear comes true as Ben is sentenced to eight months.
Daily Star
Aww poor Ben, I have to say EE have really shocked me with this storyline
Young actor Joshua Pascoe has been cast as the new Ben Mitchell in EastEnders, it has been announced.
Later this year, viewers will see Ben get released from juvenile detention after six months locked away - and it's not long until he's at the centre of more family drama on Albert Square.
As he tries to readjust to life in the outside world, Ben becomes caught in the middle as his release reignites old animosities between his dad Phil (Steve McFadden) and half-brother Ian (Adam Woodyatt).
Meanwhile, Shirley Carter (Linda Henry) and Jane Beale (Laurie Brett) are also on hand to support the youngster as he settles back into his everyday life.
http://i1.cdnds.net/10/41/550w_soaps...hua_pascoe.jpg
Speaking of his casting, Pascoe commented: "I was so excited when I got the call to say I'd got the part of Ben Mitchell. I never thought I'd get on to a show as big as EastEnders.
"I've always watched the programme and it will be great to work with fantastic actors such as Steve McFadden and Linda Henry. I'm really looking forward to this fantastic opportunity and making the role of Ben my own."
Pascoe takes over the part from Charlie Jones, who made his final EastEnders appearance earlier this year.
is it me or has ben aged about five years? he looks older than charlie jones
I think he look like Jay with glasses.. and yes much much olderQuote:
Originally Posted by thestud2k7
Not quite the "hard man" image I was expecting but I don't suppose they could change him that radically.
Oh dear lord between him and Lauren EE must have soarsed the characters
Not a bad likeness but too old.
This is Eastenders we're talking about!Quote:
Originally Posted by moonstorm