EastEnders star Max Murray has floored fans by announcing a surprise career update away from his role as Joel Marshall on the BBC soap.

The 18-year-old actor joined the long-running programme earlier this year as Joel Marshall, playing the on-screen son of newcomer Ross Marshall, played by Alex Walkinshaw, and step mum Vicki Fowler (Alice Haig).

In a small space of time, the teen tearaway has been at the centre of shocking storylines as he reigns hatred on the women of Walford. This has included being influenced by misogynistic content online and secretly filming himself having sex with schoolgirl Avani Nandra-Hart (played by Aaliyah James).

He also inappropriately touched a woman on the tube in front of his new friend Tommy Moon (Sonny Kendall), and launched a hate campaign against

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