Natalie Cassidy says the morale on 'EastEnders' is "fantastic" at the moment, and she believes the soap is "on the up".
Natalie Cassidy says the morale on EastEnders is 'fantastic' at the moment
The 39-year-old actress has portrayed Sonia Fowler on the BBC One soap since 1993, and she is still "really happy" working on the programme.
She is quoted by the Daily Star newspaper as saying: "I drive into work, I go to 'EastEnders' and I think I’m really happy at the moment.
"The place is great, the morale is fantastic, all the people are great, the writing’s great.
"Of course, you have the dips and the ups and it’s on an up and it’s lovely."
Natalie's comments come after her former co-star Danny Dyer recently hinted at a potential feud on the BBC One soap, after admitting he didn't "love" all of his fellow Albert Square residents.
The 45-year-old actor - who played Mick Carter for nine years - admitted there are "a few" of the show's stars he won't miss much.
When asked on 'The Jonathan Ross Show' who he will miss the least, he said: "There's a few of them actually, I ain't going to lie. I won't say [who], you know. Most of them I love dearly. Not all."
Jonathan asked: "So they know who they are, though?"
Danny said: "I would have thought so."
The star admitted it was "very emotional" departing the soap, but he stank while shooting his final scenes, in which his landlord alter-ego got lost at sea.
He added: "I tell you what it is, I'm lazy. It's f****** hard. Thirty pages you've got to learn a day. It's like a film a week. My final scenes were in the sea, in Ramsgate at 2am. We did the exteriors in the sea and the interiors you go to a water tank. But EastEnders couldn't get Pinewood, so we had to go to Basildon.
"It's all warm and lovely but to make it look like the sea they put broccoli juice in it. You smell of a***. It's f***ing broccoli juice. Warm broccoli juice. It was very emotional, but I stunk.
"If it goes t*** up I can go back. I can turn up in three years' time, walk in the Queen Vic smothered in seaweed...
"They wanted to keep it open. I'm very privileged and grateful for that job. It really did change my career and my life."
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