Sue Holderness spills on being forced to 'flirt with a tennis ball' instead of hunky star

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Eastenders hunk, the reality behind the scenes were very different."My character was supposed to be flirting with Billy and we were supposed to be very close together, but we had to be two metres apart!" she groaned."There was this stick with a tennis ball on it.

We were sitting on either side of it and I had to flirt with the ball!" she joked.She admitted that she "missed the camaraderie" of laughing and joking with other members of the team, whom she had "got on terribly well with".However, the strict rules surrounding the coronavirus pandemic meant that filming at a distance was the only way that the show could go on.The social scene was severely restricted too, in spite of some of her close friends being on the set at the same time, including Natalie Cassidy (who plays Sonia Fowler)."They coped magnificently well under the circumstances," Sue recalled in admiration, adding that they were already "used to" the tennis ball technique by the time she arrived.Sue's short but memorable Eastenders stint saw her play the character Estelle, who arrived in Albert Square as the agent of Billy's daughter Janet, played by child actor Grace.She seemed to hit it off instantly with Billy and thankfully, viewers would never have been able to tell that it was a tennis ball she was talking to.It was Sue's first time ever acting on a soap in spite of 52 years in the business, and she "loved" the experience.She also admits that she has fond memories of her time on Only Fools And Horses, recalling that playing Marlene had "radically changed" her life."Now I'm top of the bill because of Marlene!" she exclaimed proudly, adding: "People love the character."Meanwhile, as the nation debates the controversial revelations made by Harry in his.