OHMYGOSSIP — Sue Holderness hopes ‘Only Fools and Horses’ fans “aren’t disappointed” by her ‘EastEnders’ character.
The 71-year-old star has filmed four episodes on the BBC One soap as theatrical agent Estelle, who will appear in Walford next week, but she admitted her “quite posh” character is “very different” to Marlene Boyce, her legendary alter-ego in the iconic sitcom.
She said: “I’m working a lot with Perry [Fenwick, aka Billy Mitchell] in my storyline and he told me he’s been in the show for 23 years.
“I thought it must be wonderful to play a character for that long then realised I’ve sort of done it – I first played Marlene in 1984 and I still do guest appearances in character.
“It’s lovely to get to know a role so well. And I’d really love to get to know Estelle better, she’s very different to Marlene and is quite posh so I hope ‘Only Fools’ fans aren’t disappointed.”
Sue’s character is set to be a new love interest for Billy, but she would love to return to the soap for a longer stint, and she has set her sights on seducing Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden).
She said: “Estelle is a good-time girl who just wants to have fun. They should bring her back!
“She’s a social climber so I think she’d move up from Billy and go for Phil Mitchell. He’s the big cheese, isn’t he? Estelle aims for the top.
“She might toy with some of the other men like Mick Carter or Ian Beale, who’s probably a bit wet for her actually, but Phil would be the one.”
The star also revealed there is a nod to the late, great Dame Barbara Windsor – who played Queen Vic landlady Peggy Mitchell on and off from 1994 to 2016 – in her storyline, as Estelle’s agency is named after the actress’ real surname.
She added to RadioTimes.com: “Another fun thing for the audience to spot is the agency she runs is called the Deeks Agency, and Deeks was Barbara Windsor’s real surname! So there are some nice connections in there.”
Sue recently admitted she loved working on a soap for the first time.
She said: “After more than 50 years in the business it was my first time working on a soap and I loved the whole experience.”

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