EastEnders viewers have witnessed Natalie Cassidy, 37, come in and out of the soap as her iconic character Sonia Jackson, turned Fowler, since she arrived in Albert Square in 1993.
Reflecting on the first time she decided to take a break from the soap, she said Steve McFadden, 61, who plays Phil Mitchell, urged her to rethink her decision.She revealed: "When I was thinking of leaving when I was 18, I remember sitting down with him.“He said, ‘Listen, you don't know what you've got here, you don't want to go anywhere, there's nothing better than this, trust me’.”Despite his plea to get her to stay on the soap, she had a meeting with bosses and went ahead with her decision.After telling the Phil Mitchell star of her decision, she joked her.
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