Matt Willis joining Albert Square?

Ex Busted member and I’m A Celebrity winner Matt Willis has been appearing in musical theatre productions for the past year: He was in Flashdance which ran in the West End until the beginning of the year and is currently in the tour of Footloose which is due to end in July.

Today’s Mirror has reported that he is now being lined up for a role in EastEnders playing the son of David Essex who is due to join the show in the autumn as Michael Moon’s dad Eddie – Alfie’s uncle
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Apparently Willis had a second audition at the show’s Elstree headquarters this week after impressing show bosses with an initial screen test and it sounds like the role of the cousin of Alfie Moon (played by Shane Richie) is virtually his.