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From Kimberley Walsh to Orlando Bloom - here's who was set to play your favourite soap character
One of the best parts of watching a soap is the familiar faces we switch on each evening but imagine if your favourite characters had a completely different actor behind them? We explore some near-misses...
He nearly landed the role of market trader Pete Beale (Image: BBC)Can you imagine if Dirty Den wasn't played by Luckily, he was offered Dirty Den and he accepted - without him we wouldn't have had his famous phrase: "Ello Princess" and his infamous scene serving Angie her divorce papers. A Hollywood star on the Square would have been a delight however Orlando Bloom hadn't hit the big time yet and was nearly Pat Evans' long lost son (Image: Chelsea Lauren/REX/Shutterstock)Unbelievably, Captain Jack Sparrow could have been fighting a whole different battle if Eastenders had continued with their plans to feature Pat Evans' long lost son.
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