EastEnders legend Michelle Ryan liked getting drenched while capturing Zoe Slater and Kat Moon’s dramatic reunion scene.
The September 1 episode of the hit BBC cleaning soap noticed Kat (Jessie Wallace) and Alfie Moon (Shane Richie) frantic with fear as their eldest son Tommy (Sonny Kendall) went lacking, and had really made contact with Kat’s daughter Zoe (Michelle) and spent the evening along with her in a flat.
After Tommy advised a skint Zoe that he may get her some money, and texted Kat – who was overjoyed to listen to from her son – to satisfy him outdoors her Queen Victoria pub, Tommy and Zoe arrived in a stormy and showery Albert Sq. in a black cab.
Recognizing Tommy getting out of the automobile, Kat tearfully ran down Bridge Avenue to greet him, earlier than he introduced to his mum that he introduced her a gift – and out stepped Zoe.
And Michelle mentioned filming Zoe and Kat’s first face-to-face reunion in 20 years – in nearly the precise spot the place Kat revealed to Zoe that she is her mum in 2001 – took a number of takes, and he or she didn’t thoughts trying like a drowned rat as a result of Michelle likes rain.
Michelle solely advised BANG Showbiz on the Nationwide Tv Awards at The O2 area, London, on Wednesday (10.09.25): “It took a number of takes, however I do not thoughts the rain, I kinda prefer it.
“So, for me, after they mentioned to me, ‘You are going to be rained on,’ I used to be like, ‘That is effective, that works for me!'”
The actress made her EastEnders comeback after 20 years in an episode aired on June 16, when it was revealed that Zoe, who beforehand lived in Ibiza, Spain, to distance herself from the homicide of Den Watts (Leslie Grantham), which was dedicated by Chrissie Watts (Tracy-Ann Oberman), stayed in a flat along with her estranged cousin Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner), and it emerged that Zoe had been stealing Stacey’s bank card.
Zoe claimed to Stacey that Spanish mortgage sharks have been attempting to trace her down.
She stored up the declare when her stepdad, Alfie, arrived on the flat simply earlier than Zoe got here residence after Stacey referred to as him to speak to her.
Michelle made a return on a everlasting foundation on September 1, and episodes since have seen Zoe get shot, and reveal that she had two twins – a daughter who died and a son she put up for adoption – and that she loved a quick relationship with Max Branning (Jake Wooden).
The actress beforehand mentioned that her return to EastEnders – which bagged the Serial Drama gong, and Steve McFadden, 66, profitable the Serial Drama Efficiency accolade for his position as Phil Mitchell – looks like “coming residence”.
Michelle advised the BBC in June: “All of it occurred on the proper time. I’d already been enthusiastic about a return as a result of I’d met up with Kacey Ainsworth (Little Mo) and Kim Medcalf (Sam Mitchell), and we have been reminiscing our fond recollections of the present, and I’d additionally joined social media and noticed that there was nonetheless a whole lot of love for the character.
“It simply so occurred that on the similar time, EastEnders had introduced a brand new [Executive Producer, Ben Wadey] who was eager to discover the potential of a return as he was such an enormous fan of Zoe and the Slaters, so each of our worlds aligned on the proper time, and I’m so excited to be again.
“When Ben pitched me the storylines, and after I learn the scripts, I knew it was the appropriate choice.
“It looks like coming residence. After doing my first few scenes, it was like I’d by no means been away.”