EastEnders star Max Bowden has urged people to check in on their friends following some heartbreaking losses.
The actor is best known for playing Ben Mitchell in the BBC One soap. In recent episodes, it was confirmed his exit storyline would involve Ben being arrested after committing fraud while in America.
As well as starring in the 30th-anniversary production of Birdsong for his next job, Max has revealed to fans he’s also taking part in another project that is ‘close’ to his heart.
Sharing a picture in a car, Max wrote ‘Up and out early this morning filming something mega important and close to my heart’.
‘Will keep ya posted! Have an amazing day. Check in with one of your friends today, tell them you love them’.
Max lost a number of friends in 2021, including best mate Maxwell. He often shares powerful messages on his social media and at the start of the year, he was asked by poet Hussain Manawer to read out one of his poems to camera, titled ‘You May Have Died, But You Are Still Alive’
Recently, to mark an end to his time in EastEnders, Max shared an emotional goodbye message on his social media.
Alongside a promo picture of Ben outside the Arches, Max thanked fans for embracing his version of Ben, having been the sixth actor to take on the role.
‘Well guys It’s that time!’, he penned.
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‘It’s been one hell of a ride! Thanks for taking Ben to your hearts and allowing my version into your lives. I had an amazing five years at EastEnders and learnt a hell of a lot about myself and the craft I love so dearly; it got me through some very hard personal times and I will be forever grateful!
‘I really will never be able to thank everybody for the support enough, because the fans of the show are so passionate, caring, and invested and it enables us as actors to want to keep going and always be better; so I really do from the bottom of my heart appreciate every single person who has sent any sort of positivity my way over the last five years – I love you all.’
He added that Ben Mitchell 6.0 was ‘over and out’, before bidding EastEnders farewell and assuring his castmates that he would miss them.
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