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EastEnders' Ben Mitchell star Max Bowden reveals real reason he quit soap
Max Bowden has opened up about why he left EastEnders after working on a number of tough storylines over nearly 600 episodes, which left him 'needing to focus on his mental health'
Max had faced a number of tough storylines, including filming gut-wrenching scenes with Danielle Harold, whose character Lola Pearce died from a brain tumour. Taking part in Lola Pearce's brain tumour storyline was tough for Max (Image: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)"From an honest perspective, I think yeah, a lot of it was that I needed to go for a bit. Max also admitted that playing out the recent storyline which saw Ben's ex-girlfriend Lola Pearce - with whom his character has daughter Lexi (Isabella Brown) - succumb to a brain tumour had taken its toll on him as a performer.
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