{"id":602346,"date":"2026-08-23T18:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/602346\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T18:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:00:10","slug":"eastenders-reveals-exciting-plans-for-sean-slater-amid-huge-walford-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/602346\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders reveals exciting plans for Sean Slater amid huge Walford return"},"content":{"rendered":"

EastEnders’ executive producer Ben Wadey has shared some exciting details about Sean Slater’s big return. Rob Kazinsky will be back on the soap soon as Sean<\/a>, marking the character’s first full-time return in 17 years. <\/p>\n

Speaking to Digital Spy and other media, Wadey teased what was to come for Sean and some of the faces he’ll be getting reacquainted with. <\/p>\n

“He\u2019s arriving at an interesting point for that Slater clan, but he has connections all over the place,” Wadey said.<\/p>\n

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“He saw Amy as his child briefly, and I think he still holds onto that a little bit, so he\u2019s got those connections. Him and Max have somewhat of a chequered past, him and Jack also very complicated. So he\u2019s one of those characters who can land back in the show and immediately have conflict or love with everyone.”<\/p>\n

During his initial run on the soap Sean was married to Roxy Mitchell, and for a time, he believed he was Amy’s dad. While Sean was known as the ultimate bad boy, he’s now coming back to the Square as a 40-year-old man. <\/p>\n

Wadey continued: “Seeing him grow up a little bit, but not growing up too much because you still want the fun of classic Sean Slater. It\u2019s been great, he\u2019s been filming for a couple of weeks now.<\/p>\n

“I get to go in and look at the daily footage and just watching some of those early scenes and being like, \u2018okay, Sean\u2019s back, this is good\u2019. So I can\u2019t wait for all you guys to see him. We\u2019ve got very exciting plans for him, that we\u2019ll be talking about a bit more down the line.”<\/p>\n

Speaking when his return was announced, Kazinsky said he couldn’t wait to “bring a new level of heartfelt chaos” back to Walford. <\/p>\n

He said: “I left EastEnders in 2008 as a 23-year-old boy and was lucky to spend the next 19 years of my life working around the world, always championing EastEnders and stating the fact that one day I wanted to walk in Sean\u2019s Shoes again, but this time as a man to see who Sean the man might also be.”<\/p>\n

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BBC<\/p>\n

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“I wanted to do it for Sean, I wanted to do it for the fans that have supported me in every role since I left the Square but, mostly, I wanted to do it for me,” he added.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m home, and I can\u2019t wait to bring a new level of heartfelt chaos to Albert Square in the way only Sean Slater can.”<\/p>\n

EastEnders airs on Mondays-Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer, where most episodes drop early at 6am ahead of their TV broadcast. <\/p>\n

Read more EastEnders spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

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