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- Daily Mirror
EastEnders favourite's long-awaited comeback addressed by icon in new plea
EastEnders legend Michelle Collins, who plays Cindy Beale on the BBC soap, has addressed hope for one character to make a comeback amid fans predicting it might happen
There's one return fans of EastEnders have been calling for for a while now, especially after icon Cindy Beale's comeback almost two years ago.
The character in question has been mentioned a fair bit and has even made contact with people on the Square, while Cindy also left Walford to see her in scenes. Of course this all happened offscreen, leaving viewers disappointed.
But with cast and viewers constantly wanting Cindy Williams AKA Cindy Jr to return to the BBC soap, wanting drama with her mother Cindy Snr, could we finally get the big comeback? Cindy Jr last appeared on the show in 2015 after the murder of her sister Lucy Beale.
She fell out with her stepfather Ian Beale and fled, with her living with her partner Liam Butcher in Germany. Only recently there was an update and some thawing between the mother and daughter.
When Cindy had initially gone to see her daughter for the first time since her birth, with her believed to be dead for decades, it didn't go very well. So when Cindy Jr sent her mum a sweet message not long after it sparked new hopes of a comeback.
Speaking exclusively to The Mirror at the British Soap Awards, Cindy actress Michelle Collins has addressed her own hopes to see her onscreen daughter back on the show. With a plea to co-star Mimi Keene, who played the character most recently, Michelle addressed her thoughts on the potential twist.
The return does not seem to be on the cards for now, while of course if it was the soap wouldn't exactly reveal all. But it's been long-awaited by viewers for years, so could we see a comeback at some point?
Michelle referenced actress Mimi's successful acting career away from Walford, unsure if she would come back. She told us: "I have never met Cindy Jr so it would be quite nice if she came back. She's probably too busy, but maybe she can fit us in for a week!"
Actress Michelle also spoke about her upcoming break from the BBC soap, with her getting a month off from filming. She said: "Well I'm going off in the summer. I'm doing my one woman show at the Edinburgh festival, called Motorhome Marilyn.
"I don't think she's anything like Cindy. It's a play about a woman impersonator lookalike who lives in a trailer and dresses as Marilyn Monroe. But she's 60, it's kind of strange.
"It's about failure, lost dreams, and feeling like life has passed you by. She's an interesting character. I'm really excited to play it. EastEnders have let me have a month off so I'm very excited."
Michelle also defended her character's dark ways, adding no one was perfect. She revealed to us: "She's complicated, she's complex, she's chaotic but she's passionate. At least she's not boring. We need imperfect people, we don't wanna see perfect people on TV all the time. She's a bit of a mess."
