SHANE Richie revealed his original storyline when he first joined the BBC soap before Kat Slater romance.
The actor, 58, will be returning to Albert Square this autumn.
Alfie return to our screens in time for Kat’s wedding
How will Kat react to Alfie’s return?
Spoilers show Alfie crashing Phil and Kat’s wedding and trying to convince her that she should be with him instead of Phil.
Can Kat be convinced?
Shane told the press he was delighted to be asked to return to EastEnders.
He teased the old cheeky Alfie is back with his flowery shirts and leather jacket.
But he also revealed how his romance with Kat wasn’t the original plan when he first joined.
He said: “Well 20 years ago the whole Kat and Alfie phenomenon purely happened by accident.
“Tony Jordan was going to create the graduate story with Alfie and Peggy.”
Tony was a producer at the time who created the Mitchells, the Moons, the Slater families.
The 1967 romantic film follows Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) who has just finished college and, back at his parents’ house.
He’s trying to avoid the one question everyone keeps asking: What does he want to do with his life?
An unexpected diversion crops up when he is seduced by Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), a bored housewife and friend of his parents.
But what begins as a fun tryst turns complicated when Benjamin falls for the one woman Mrs. Robinson demanded he stay away from, her daughter, Elaine (Katharine Ross).
While he is lured into a seductive affair with the wife of his father’s business partner, college graduate Benjamin also falls in love with her daughter, Elaine.
Shane then said: “And then off camera, me and Jessie just met and we were having a right laugh and the writers saw this chemistry.
“And purely that relationship happened by accident and from there of course it escalated and now 20 years later… after all the things that happened between Kat and Alfie there’s still a spark there.”
Will Kat and Alfie reunite?
EastEnders airs Monday to Thursday at 7:30 on BBC One.
Alfie’s original story involved Peggy Mitchell 20 years ago
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