Steve McFadden: Phil Mitchell is never boring

Steve McFadden: Phil Mitchell is never boring
Steve McFadden: Phil Mitchell is never boring (Image credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

EastEnders star Steve McFadden has said he will never tire of playing Phil Mitchell - because the character has undergone so many changes over the years. The 52-year-old actor has played the character for over 20 years, and in that time has faced some dramatic storylines including battling alcoholism and drug addiction, having a string of flings and surviving being shot. And speaking to Inside Soap magazine Steve said, "I had some time to sit back andreflect over Christmas, because I was off doing panto. "It's my 21st anniversary in the show, and all these year later, I'm still involved in the biggest, hottest and most exciting stories. "I always say that I've played many different characters during my time in EastEnders," he added, "they've just all been Phil Mitchell!" Steve added that he would love to see Phil get back together with Sharon (Letitia Dean) who is returning to the show after a six-year absence. He said: "I think Sharon can touch a place in Phil's soul, and open a doorway that never got completely closed. "So there's every chance that Letitia and I will be working together, and that Phil will see in Sharon something that he misses."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.