{"id":210255,"date":"2025-12-29T21:33:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T21:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/210255\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T21:33:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T21:33:17","slug":"eastenders-jacqueline-jossa-reveals-why-filming-timeless-flashforward-episode-was-surprisingly-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/210255\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders’ Jacqueline Jossa reveals why filming “timeless” flashforward episode was surprisingly easy"},"content":{"rendered":"

EastEnders<\/a> spoilers follow. <\/p>\n

EastEnders<\/a> star Jacqueline Jossa has teased details about the upcoming flashforward episode<\/a> which will take place over the New Year, with the actor calling the highly-anticipated instalment “timeless”.<\/p>\n

The special episode<\/a>, which will air on Thursday 1 January, will centre on the recently-returned Max Branning<\/a>, with the action jumping forward a year and setting up several storylines which will develop over the course of the next 12 months. <\/p>\n

While specific plot details have been kept under wraps, Jossa, who portrays Max’s daughter Lauren, shared that the process for filming a flashforward episode was initially a tad strange due to its secretive nature.<\/p>\n

“Obviously, only the people in [the episode] got the whole script, because it’s all hush hush,” she shared. “There’s so many questions and no answers – we get the answers as we go, but every time now I get a script, I\u2019m looking for the answers!<\/p>\n

“But filming it, because it’s [writer] Simon Ashdown, and he knows the Brannings so well, it’s sort of timeless. Although it is a year on, these are still the Brannings. It’s still in there. You can feel it in your bones. <\/p>\n

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“You know what you’re saying, and the relationships between them – the love and hate that they have. We’ve known it for 20 years, so playing it actually wasn’t as hard as the confusion I had when I was reading it.”<\/p>\n

“When we were actually playing it and it was on its feet, I was like, ‘oh I kind of get it, I understand it’, even though we have no idea what’s going on. It’s really a weird thing,” added the star, who first played Lauren in 2010.<\/p>\n

Despite some initial confusion, it was eventually a normal day at the office for Jossa, who explained that the comfort she has on set with her co-stars makes for a pleasant collaborative experience.<\/p>\n

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“It’s really easy when you’re working with people who you\u2019ve worked with for so long, and who you really care about and love. You’re playing the character that you’ve [always] been.<\/p>\n

“You can just play the truth in the words and the rest will all make sense in the end – you just have to trust the team. It’s actually really fun. It’s a new way of working that actually takes the edge off a little bit.”<\/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

For exclusive soap star interviews, gossip, spoilers and theories every week, don’t miss the Soap Scoop podcast<\/a> from Inside Soap magazine. This week’s episode<\/a> looks back at the most iconic Christmas storylines in soap history.
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