EastEnders legend John Altman wants to bring some of Nasty Nick’s edge to a period drama. The 68-year-old actor – who played Nick Cotton on EastEnders on-and-off for 30 years before bowing out in the BBC One soap’s 30th anniversary episode in 2015 – insists he’s not done with acting.And he thinks it’s time he got his teeth stuck into a role in a show like Downton Abbey or Belgravia.He said: “My career has been going for over 40 years, at the moment I’m concentrating on my music and my album.“I would like to do more drama on the television, some really good quality Sunday night drama, ideally, a period piece.“Perhaps when I mature a bit and I look a bit older those chances might come!”John - who is releasing an album Never Too Late To Rock.
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