David Essex to star in All the Fun of the Fair film?

David Essex is currently appearing as Eddie Moon in EastEnders, but is due to finish filming at the end of this month as he is about to go on his second  tour of his musical All the Fun of the Fair which he co-wrote with Jon Conway, It also played at the Garrick Theare in London's West End last year.

Essex told ITV's This Morning  this week that there is now interest being shown in the musical being made into a film with him remaining in the lead role as fairground owner Levi Lee.