Lisa Maxwell talks EastEnders role

Lisa Maxwell has revealed that she loved working on EastEnders and would return to the BBC One soap should the opportunity arise.

The actress and presenter will appear in a single episode of the show a week on Friday (27 September) as Naomi, the girlfriend of returnee David Wicks.

The pair turn up at the home of David’s daughter Bianca (Patsy Palmer) and former partner Carol Jackson (Lindsey Coulson) and it soon becomes clear they have been up to no good.

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Maxwell has given a new interview to Radio Times in which she reveals her character is “quite manipulative” and explains “David Wicks has been in Spain, where Naomi lives with her husband, Don.

“David and Don are what you would loosely term ‘business associates’. Her husband’s a bit dodgy and he probably had a few bad goings on in the past. Naomi and Don are back and forth between Spain and Essex, having businesses in both places.

“But David and Naomi are having an affair and they’ve decided to nick Don’s money and do a runner. But on the way he decides he wants to stop off and see Bianca and bung her a few quid which is how they find themselves in Albert Square.”

The Loose Women panellist went on to reveal how she felt nervous about her first day on set but once at ease loved working on the soap.

“I was having to do some deep breathing on the morning of the first day. But as soon as I arrived I saw Michael French (David) who was just so lovely and generous and kind, so I was immediately put at ease.

“From then on, working with Lindsey Coulson (Carol), Nitin Ganatra (Masood) and Michael we all just fell in love with each other.

“It was like a big ‘love-in’ because it was essentially just a four-hander. It was lovely – one of the best jobs I have ever done, I loved it!”

Asked if she would reprise the role of Naomi in the future, she added: “If the episode I did was anything to go by, then yes. I would go back in a heartbeat.”

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