ONE iconic EastEnders star is set for a huge comeback on tonight’s instalment of the BBC soap after quitting 20 years ago.
Fans are already having their say on the actor’s return and they can’t believe how well he’s aging.
The EastEnders‘s legend, returning to Albert Square is none other than Jake Moon.
Viewers will see Joel Beckett’s character seek answers about Anthony Trueman’s shocking death.
Joel, 52, quit the soap in 2006 but later returned in September last year as Jake Moon reunited with his former flame Chrissie Watts.
Jack and Chrissie left Walford together but she later returned on Christmas Day to reveal herself as Zoe Slater’s secret tormentor.
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Fans watched-on as Chrissie ignored Jake’s text messages and went full steam ahead carrying out her twisted stalking plot.
In episodes airing soon, viewers will see Jake visit Zoe, who is currently in prison for Anthony’s murder.
Jake has an inkling something isn’t quite adding up with Chrissie and he becomes determined to find out exactly what happened at Christmas.
After spotting Jake’s return in the preview, fans can’t believe how Joel hasn’t aged a day.
One fan said: “Jake looks like he’s hardly aged, just grown a beard.”
Another fan wrote: “Jake’s still got it, bring him back permanently!!”
Digging into the mystery Jake becomes horrified to learn Zoe believes Chrissie is the one that set her up.
Avid EastEnders viewers will already know Anthony was murdered by his and Zoe’s estranged daughter Jasmine Fisher.
Joel, who plays Jake, said: “Jake understands better than most how extreme circumstances, which he has found himself in, can push people to do unimaginable things.
“Jake lives with the knowledge that he killed his own brother and that makes him very wary of judging Chrissie, even if that doubt does start to creep in.”
Joel claimed his character doesn’t want to believe Chrissie killed Anthony.
Him accepting Chrissie might be a bad person would leave him “questioning everything he has sacrificed in his life,” said Joel.
Joel added: “He [Jake] believes she is a good person; he has loved her and waited for almost 20 years. In many ways, he has been doing his own sentence waiting for her to get out [of prison].”
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Fans will soon see Jake set a trap for Chrissie, as he attempts to lure her back to Walford.
EastEnders continues tonight at 7:30pm on BBC One.
