Inside EastEnders’ Lewis Butler star Aidan O'Callaghan’s life away from the BBC soap
ok.co.ukEastEnders is set to take a dark turn next week. In a heartbreaking scene, Ben Mitchell will be raped by Albert Square’s newcomer; bar manager Lewis Butler, played by Aidan O'Callaghan.
BBC soap EastEnders viewers have seen Ben, played by Max Bowden, struggle recently after he and husband Callum were targeted in a homophobic attack, which has triggered painful memories of when Ben's first love Paul was killed in similar circumstances.The long-running soap has been working closely with various charities and organisations on the new storyline – including SurvivorsUK, Survivors Manchester and the Male Survivors Partnership – to ensure the storyline is portrayed accurately and approached realistically and with sensitivity in mind.
Away from EastEnders, this isn’t Aidan O'Callaghan’s first stint in soaps and he was previously in Emmerdale in 2018. Aidan played chef Mike, a man who Bernice Blackstock introduced to Robert Sugden at a gay bar.Though, he isn’t just a soap star and recently finished shooting The Witcher: Blood Origin spin-off for Netflix, starring opposite the likes of Michelle Yeoh, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Lenny Henry.
Aside from his stints in acting, Aidan studied pharmacology at Trinity College Dublin. He told the Irish Examiner that he worked in chemists in between acting gigs as he admitted never believing that acting would be a serious career for him.
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