HOLLYWOOD star Ben Hardy has grown close to Jessica Plummer after they met on the set of their new BBC TV show. The former EastEnders actors play a couple in new drama The Girl Before - and were spotted together at singer Jade Bird’s London gig earlier this week by excited fans.
Jessica - who played tragic Chantelle Atkins in the soap - and Ben - who played Ian Beale’s son Peter - have been liking each other’s Instagram pictures for weeks, with insiders revealing they have grown close after their on-screen chemistry turned into spending time off-screen since in June.
Since quitting EastEnders in 2015, Ben has gone on to crack Hollywood, with roles in X Men: Apocalypse, Bohemian Rhapsody and Netflix movie 6 Underground with Ryan.
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