EastEnders star Harry Reid has opened up about the upcoming storyline involving his character Ben Mitchell.
Ben is set to create a love triangle after he shares a kiss with Abi Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald) despite having feelings for Johnny Carter (Sam Strike), whom he also tries to kiss.
The two friends are going to embark on a relationship.
Harry told Digital Spy: “Ben is trying desperately to prove that he can like women. Abi is a very confused girl and she doesn’t really have a clue what’s going on – she just idolises Ben and thinks he is amazing.
“Ben is a conniving bloke. He will come across as though he wants to change, but at the same time as he’s with Abi, he is very interested in Johnny. I think he’d quite like a secret gay life in which he can sleep with men but on the outside, he is this straight guy who is with his girl.”
The actor added: “It’s a ‘better image’ for the Mitchells – that’s all it is… Ben thinks he needs that image of him with a woman by his side – whereas in the background he can do what he wants.”
Ben also has feelings for Johnny Carter.
As for whether he thinks his character was the one who killed Lucy Beale, Harry revealed: “We know Ben was out of prison at that time…Ben has killed someone already, so he certainly is capable of it… and I also think he is very capable of hiding it.”
He continued: “(But) I don’t think he did kill her, as I don’t think he’d be that stupid to come out and kill someone straight away, bearing in mind he’d only been out for a couple of months. I want him to be involved, but I really can’t see him being the killer.”
