Shaun Williamson, 54, has exclusively told Express.co.uk that he was forced to hide in a “broom cupboard” once after performing the warm-up at a comedy gig starring his former EastEnders colleague Mike Reid.The actor was the opening act for the show in Kent, during a period in which he was unsure if his character Barry Evans would be continuing in the BBC One soap.Shaun explained: “So I was in the show as Barry for a year and a half, and they clearly wanted him to be a villain, and I said to producers after he went to prison, ‘Is he coming back?’“They said, ‘We don’t know’, so I thought ok it was a nice experience, what am I going to do now?
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