EastEnders. However, he announced today that he didn't always get the VIP treatment on set.If fans had been expecting the red carpet would be rolled out for Martin on the BBC drama, they would be sorely mistaken.He admitted that the set, which was built in 1984 and only intended to last for two years, was no longer fit for purpose by the time he debuted as his character Steve Owen in the late 1990s.The back-to-basics environment at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire apparently hadn't been great at keeping the actors warm, leading to some days when he had to resist the temptation to shiver."I remember really well we were told to chew on a piece of ice [onset]," Martin revealed on today's The One Show."[It was] to get rid of the steam coming out of your mouth [on camera] ...
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