EastEnders sign Brian Conley as Sonia’s long lost father – despite insisting he’d never do the soap
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thesun.co.ukBRIAN Conley has joined the cast of EastEnders, despite previously insisting the soap would stop him from taking on lucrative gigs.
The stage and screen star, 59, will join Albert Square as Sonia’s long lost father Terry Cant, having previously said he had turned down the BBC1 soap twice.
Brian, whose first scenes will air this spring, said in 2012: “I don’t hanker for fame. I just want to work. EastEnders wouldn’t allow me to do anything else and I do a lot of corporate gigs. “Also, unless you are in it for three years, you don’t earn anything and I’ve got two children who go to private school." But speaking about his new role, he said today: “As you can imagine being a Londoner and now being part of EastEnders is such an incredible moment.
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