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A former EastEnders star has teased her return to the soap in a ‘never say never’ admission, but said it ‘won’t be’ with Max Branning.

Fans were delighted to see fan favourite character Max, played by Jake Wood, back on the BBC soap for the first time since 2021 earlier in the year.

It was revealed through a flashback sequence that he had been in a relationship with Michelle Ryan’s Zoe Slater earlier in the year.

Max was left furious after Zoe vanished with the £5,000 she borrowed to find her son, not knowing that she was assaulted by a private investigator.

It has now been confirmed that Max will be back in Walford next week, making an unannounced appearance at his daughter Lauren Branning’s wedding to Peter Beale.

With the residents of Albert Square stunned to

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