The actor spoke about his reasons for joining EastEnders. <\/p>
Colin Salmon is preparing for his on-screen debut on EastEnders<\/a> as George Knight, the head of a new family set to cause trouble on Walford.<\/p>\n Now the actor has opened up on why he joined the soap, following on from his illustrious career across film and TV.<\/p>\n When asked what drew him to the role, Salmon said: \u201cChris Clenshaw [Executive Producer]!\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cMy wife\u2019s not well, so I can\u2019t be far from home. And the universe has thrown us something quite extraordinary, and my agent said I think you should talk to Chris.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd Chris was passionate, he was clear, he had a vision and a clear love for the show. I find that to be the pre-requisite for any job. I like to work with people who are passionate.<\/p>\n \u201cTo have somebody [like Chris] in the control room, that guiding is really important.\u201d<\/p> \u00a0<\/p>\n Praising the genre, Salmon added: \u201cI\u2019m an East-Ender and this is a big show. Everybody I know who I\u2019ve told I\u2019m doing this got really, really excited, and some said, \u2018Oh don\u2019t do EastEnders\u2026\u2019 They don\u2019t know me.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a no-brainer and I\u2019m loving it. It\u2019s a meeting of theatre, film and television. You\u2019ve got to work hard \u2013 and I like working hard. I\u2019m happy.\u201d<\/p>\n George and the rest of his family will arrive on EastEnders next week \u2013 but what trouble will they bring?<\/p>\n Read More<\/strong><\/p>\n EastEnders airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7:30pm on BBC One and from 6am on BBC iPlayer.\u00a0<\/strong>Visit our dedicated\u00a0EastEnders<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0page\u00a0<\/strong>for all the latest news, interviews and spoilers.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our\u00a0<\/strong>TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<\/strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n The actor spoke about his reasons for joining EastEnders. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":33204,"template":"","categories":[1,2,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/eastenders-colin-salmon-on-personal-reason-he-took-george-knight-role-scaled.jpg",2560,1706,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/eastenders-colin-salmon-on-personal-reason-he-took-george-knight-role-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/eastenders-colin-salmon-on-personal-reason-he-took-george-knight-role-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/eastenders-colin-salmon-on-personal-reason-he-took-george-knight-role-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/eastenders-colin-salmon-on-personal-reason-he-took-george-knight-role-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/eastenders-colin-salmon-on-personal-reason-he-took-george-knight-role-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/eastenders-colin-salmon-on-personal-reason-he-took-george-knight-role-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The actor spoke about his reasons for joining EastEnders.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/33203"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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