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First trans actor in EastEnders sad that the character didn’t get “happy ending”
Riley Carter Millington is “disappointed” his ‘EastEnders’ character didn’t get a “happy ending” and a chance to lead a “normal life”. The 23-year-old actor played Kyle Slater in the BBC soap between 2015 and 2016 and was the first transgender man to play a regular transgender character on a British soap. However, Riley felt “frustrated” […]
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EastEnders Introduces Its First Trans Character Played By Trans Actor
Riley Carter Millington, 21, will be joining the cast of EastEnders as Kyle, a transgender character. Riley’s casting is the first time a UK television soap opera has ever had a transgender actor playing a transgender character in a continuing role. Dominic Treadwell-Collins, Executive Producer,announced earlier this year that he was creating a transgender character […]