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  • Can You Spot The Difference? Johnny Carter Is Back

    Can You Spot The Difference? Johnny Carter Is Back

    Johnny Carter is back – but can you tell the difference?

    John Carter Spot the Difference CREDIT: THEGAYUK / BBC
    CREDIT: THEGAYUK / BBC
    CREDIT: Monty McKinnen
    CREDIT: Monty McKinnen
    CREDIT: (C) BBC - Photographer: Kieron McCarron
    CREDIT: (C) BBC – Photographer: Kieron McCarron

     

    Johnny is coming back to EastEnders on the 12th April, but he looks very different from the last time we saw him! Johnny has a new actor behind him!

    The part of Johnny was originated by Sam Strike, who decided to leave the soap in December 2014.

    He left the soap to make his name in Hollywood.

    Speaking about his decision to leave Sam said,

    “I also didn’t really feel like at the time my character was necessarily needed in EastEnders.

    “When I was in talks about leaving, I spoke to the people that I’d been working with the most – including Dom, the executive producer, and the Carters. I said to them that if there was anything they really wanted me to do we’d do that, as I didn’t want to leave people high and dry.

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    However the character is back and is now played by Ted Reilly.

    Johnny Carter is not the first EastEnders’ character to be played by more than one person. In the past characters Lucy Beale, Martin Fowler and Sam Mitchell have all had actor changes in the past.

     

  • Here It Is: The Johnny Carter And Ben Mitchell Kiss

    After weeks of will they? won’t they?, is he?, isn’t he?, Ben Mitchell and Johnny Carter finally share a smooch.

    CREDIT: (C) BBC - Photographer: Kieron McCarron
    CREDIT: (C) BBC – Photographer: Kieron McCarron

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  • Sam Strike Quits EastEnders

    Sam Strike Quits EastEnders

    Sad news, sad news, Sam Strike, the man behind the Square’s only out gay male character is to quit the soap after just one year in the role.

    (C) BBC - Photographer: Jack Barnes
    (C) BBC – Photographer: Jack Barnes

    Known to all EastEnders‘ fans as Johnny Carter, Sam Strike has decided to break from the show saying,

    ‘Thanks for all the love this year guys. Means the world. Decided to bow out. Couldn’t have done it without you all. Thanks @bbceastenders.’

    ‘And of course tremendous love to my Carter family. True love.’

    In January Sam Strike and Danny Dyer made headlines after their emotional scene together, with Johnny Carter coming out in one of EastEnder’s most memorable gay moments and Danny Dyer telling bigots where they could stick their opinions.

    It’s not known exactly when Strike will leave the soap, but suggestions are that he’ll be out by 2015.

    Next week Johnny’s storyline sees him sharing a sneaky romance with Ben Mitchell, however the day ends up with a good old fashion brawl – so we’ll have to see if Sam does get his guy.

  • Is love in the air for Johnny Carter?

    Things look to be hotting up between Johnny Carter and Ben on Eastenders – but Ben has something to tell Johnny.

    Oh we want this to happen – quite badly, but it looks as though Johnny (Sam Strike) is going to get the ‘I’m not gay’ treatment from Ben (Harry Reid) this week on Eastenders.

    The pair have been getting close but during a Halloween party at the Queen Vic Johnny and Ben have a moment, and a furious Ben tells Johnny in no uncertain terms that he isn’t one of the boys.

    So our Johnny may have to wait just a little longer for love.

  • EASTENDERS SPOILER – Johnny Carter kisses new boyfriend

    Ooo it’s getting hot in here!

    As these new pictures prove, Johnny Carter (Sam Strike) his getting fresh with a new guy he met at Pride!.

    Having spent the Gay Pride celebrations with Gianluca (played by GABRIELE LOMBARDO)and fallen for him, Johnny introduces him to his family at Linda’s birthday party. Before Gianluca returns to Italy, they share a passionate kiss at the station, but with Johnny be able to let him go?

    n December 2013, Johnny Carter had his first on screen kiss with Gary Lucy. Many anti-gay tweets were leveled at the production team of EastEnders and the actor Sam Strike. However Danny Dyer, who plays Strike’s on screen father, Mick had the perfect solution for them.

    Johnny Carter is the first openly gay character on EastEnders since Christian Clarke and Syed Masood, the first gay character was Colin Russell, played by Michael Cashman.

  • EastEnders Spoiler: Is Johnny Carter getting a first boyfriend?

    Is Johnny Carter about to get a boyfriend? An insider says very possibly after gay pride episode.

    A Walford insider said, ‘It soon becomes clear that Johnny (played by Sam Strike) met someone at gay pride and they really hit it off. He’s got a love bite on his neck and a phone that won’t stop buzzing with text messages – it seems some is smitten!’

    However it seems he is trying desperately to cover his tracks from his mum Linda, who has yet to fully come to terms with Johnny’s sexuality.

    Johnny Carter came out at the end of last year, which resulted in one of the most talked about gay moments of TV when he told his father Mick Carter (Danny Dyer)

    Last month our roving photographer caught a sneak peak of Sam Strike filming in Soho. See the exclusive pictures here.

  • EASTENDERS | Johnny Carter is coming out

    BBC 1 will air an emotional scene tonight where Sam Strike’s character Johnny Carter comes out to his father.

     

    After hiding the truth from his family for so long, Johnny finally breaks down in his father’s arms and admits that he is gay.

    A touching moment this evening when Mick talks to his son Johnny about being gay.

    EastEnders continues tonight at 8:00PM on BBC1

    Earlier in the week we reported that numerous homophobic tweets had been sent after Gary Lucy and Sam Strike kissed for the first time on the Soap.

    Pete Lawson who wrote the episode on Monday said on Twitter: “2014, and gay teens kissing on a soap still draws complaints. Makes me even prouder to have written that ep.”

  • Vile Homophobic Reaction To Gay Kiss On EastEnders

    Vile Homophobic Reaction To Gay Kiss On EastEnders

    Numerous Twitter users took to the micro social network to call actors and characters in Eastenders ‘Gay Kiss’ f*ggots, queers and batty boys.

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  • EastEnders | New Gay Couple Alert

    EastEnders | New Gay Couple Alert

    Hold on to your trousers, shirts and panties… Eastenders has a new gay couple…

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  • EASTENDERS | Johnny Carter Comes Out – Spoiler

    EASTENDERS | Johnny Carter Comes Out – Spoiler

    BBC 1 will air an emotional scene tonight where Sam Strike’s character Johnny Carter comes out to his father.

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