Sid Owen has revealed that as he filmed scenes for the funeral of his on screen father, Frank Butcher, he shed real tears for the actor who played him, Mike Reid.
Mike died last year from a heart attack and many of the cast members have spoke about the difficulty they had with filming his Eastenders characters funeral.
Sid told The Sun: “Normally when the camera’s not rolling you have a laugh — but this was different.
“For me and some of the actors who were close to Mike, like Barbara Windsor, who plays Peggy, and Pam St Clement, who plays Pat, it was different because it was real life, it happened.
“It was our way of saying goodbye to Mike.
“When we did the scenes inside the church they played a Frank Sinatra song and I got really choked up.
“There wasn’t any acting needed.
“It was quite overwhelming really, and very sad.
“Mike was a legend. We were close. I’ve stayed at his house, he’d stayed at mine.
“Your lives move on when you don’t work together but you never forget that bond.”
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