EastEnders star Danny Dyer has revealed that there's a "beautiful" friendship on the way for Mick Carter and Jack Branning after their recent kiss.
Episodes airing over the Christmas period saw the pair get very close as part of a dare that Mick was given during his stag party at the Queen Vic.
It was definitely one way to break the ice, so viewers can expect them to become good mates when Jack (Scott Maslen) returns to Walford permanently in a few weeks' time.
Speaking to Digital Spy, Dyer explained: "I've known Scott for a long time. Scott said, 'Look, I want to come back and I want to be friends with Mick Carter - I don't want to be his enemy'. He thought that Mick and Jack would get on.
"So what an introduction - tonguing each other! I think it's going to be the start of a beautiful friendship, I really do. I love Scott and I respect him. I'm really happy that he's back.
"It helped that we were friends, obviously, because otherwise it would have been slightly awkward. But we just went for it."
While the kiss was clearly just part of stag party fun, Dyer has played gay roles in the past. Would he ever be interested in portraying a gay man full-time in a soap?
He told us: "Absolutely - I'm always up for trying different stuff to take me out of the pigeon hole that I'm sometimes put in. That's why I was so happy with one of my first storylines. There's not a homophobic bone in my body, yet some people out there obviously have that perception.
"I wanted to put that to bed. So the first storyline of Johnny coming out and Mick saying it made absolutely no difference to him was very important to me. It was one of the reasons why I took the role. So absolutely - I'm up for any role really.
"As long as it's good writing, a good script, a good director and good actors involved, then I'm up for playing absolutely anything."
Dyer is up for the Serial Drama Performance prize at the National Television Awards tonight (January 20) and votes can be cast here until midday today.
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