{"id":54842,"date":"2024-07-16T13:30:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T11:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2072192"},"modified":"2024-07-16T15:39:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T13:39:38","slug":"eastenders-jonny-freeman-on-why-reiss-keeps-making-bad-decisions","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/eastenders-jonny-freeman-on-why-reiss-keeps-making-bad-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders\u2019 Jonny Freeman on why Reiss keeps making bad decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bumbling Reiss has been making a few questionable decisions. <\/p>

By Helen Daly\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 16 July 2024 at 11:30 AM<\/p>

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He may have been nominated for Best Comedy Performance at the RadioTimes.com Soap Awards 2024<\/strong>, sponsored by Inspired Villages<\/a>, but over recent weeks, Jonny Freeman, who plays Reiss Colwell in EastEnders<\/a>, has been showing a darker side to his bumbling character of late.<\/p>\n

Viewers know he\u2019s been using his ex wife\u2019s (who\u2019s also comatose) money to pay for IVF with Sonia (Natalie Cassidy) \u2013 twisted on paper, but in reality, the situation is much more complex than on first glance.<\/p>\n

Sonia accepted his decision to use this money, despite Bianca (Patsy Palmer) finding out the horrifying truth and trying to show Sonia how wrong it was.<\/p>\n

But with money worries continuing for Reiss, he will undoubtedly turn darker to help collate the funds he so desperately needs \u2013 even keeping it from Sonia.<\/p>\n

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Reiss and Sonia in EastEnders.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Jack Barnes\/Kieron McCarron<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Despite his questionable behaviour, Freeman doesn\u2019t think he\u2019s character is \u201cdark\u201d, it\u2019s just that he\u2019s making some bad decisions.<\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com,<\/strong> Freeman said: \u201cThere\u2019s a sense of it being darker, but what we all try and do on all the soaps is try and reflect real life. People behave differently under different circumstances.<\/p>\n

\u201cRather than the darker side of Reiss, it\u2019s the same character but obviously the circumstances have changed and he\u2019s perhaps making mistakes to get out of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike anyone under huge pressure, one mistake is made and it can start to unravel, so I think that\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing with Reiss. Rather than a darker side, I think the essence of the character is the same but the circumstances are getting a bit more complicated.\u201d<\/p>

Discussing the accounting element in particular, Freeman said Reiss is ultimately trying to do the right thing \u2013 and keep a hold of Sonia.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s trying to make the right choice, and he\u2019s made mistakes in the past, not least with Sonia \u2013 I think he\u2019s desperately worried about losing her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI suspect he thinks it\u2019s all going to come good and he\u2019s going to make everything right, but whether that comes to pass, we\u2019ll have to wait and see.\u201d<\/p>\n

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