Max Bowden received burnout on ‘EastEnders’.
The 29-year-old actor – who performed Ben Mitchell, the son of Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth) and Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) between 2019 and 2024 till his character received imprisoned in America – opted to say goodbye to the BBC cleaning soap opera as a result of he was “very drained” after doing a little emotionally gruelling tales over “practically 600 episodes” akin to his consuming dysfunction, sexual assault and different lauded performances.
Talking on YouTube sequence ‘The Lewis Nicholls Present’: “The necessary factor was my time was prepared. I used to be very drained, and like I mentioned, I wasn’t me, I wasn’t.
“The Max sat in entrance of you in the present day was sort of a ghost, and so they recognised that – I recognised that.
”I did practically 600 episodes in 5 years, which is a hell of loads, and it was time for a relaxation. The character was drained, I used to be drained, they [the producers] have been most likely uninterested in me being drained.
“From an sincere perspective, I feel yeah, loads of it was that I wanted to go for a bit. I wanted to go work on me, get myself again to a spot of actually good psychological well being, concentrate on therapeutic and likewise be a dad.”
Max additionally admitted that enjoying out the current storyline which noticed Ben’s ex-girlfriend Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) – with whom his character has daughter Lexi (Isabella Brown) – succumb to a mind tumour had taken its toll on him as a performer.
He continued: “It laid loads out on the desk, and it uncovered me to loads of vulnerability which most likely on the time I did not navigate nicely.
“It was a tricky outdated time, however you recognize what, I am a hell of loads stronger for it. That was positively the toughest interval of my skilled life.”
