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Danny Dyer was so skint when BBC offered him EastEnders role that he 'couldn't even afford to buy the execs a lager' - but these days his kids get driven to private school in a Bentley


Things got so bad for the actor, 47, that he couldn't even afford to buy BBC execs a lager when they met him to offer him a role in their flagship soap in 2013.

The actor recently revealed his children get driven to their swish school in a Bentley, after his role in the soap and a series of top films saw his bank account swell (pictured in March) Danny, who hails from east London, has three children with his wife Joanne – Sunnie, 18, Arty, 11, and reality star Dani, 28, who won the fourth series of ITV dating show Love Island. Having accrued a vast sum of money from his successful acting career, Danny has now handed over the reins of his bank account to wife Joanna Mas, owing to his previous wild behaviour.

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