ZOE Slater’s long-lost son will soon hit screens after actor Joshua Vaughan was seen filming on the EastEnders set for the first time.
The BBC soap dropped a bombshell in an episode this week, revealing that Zoe’s daughter Jasmine is in contact with her twin brother in a major twist.
Zoe, played by actress Michelle Ryan, returned to Walford last summer.
Her character made her Albert Square comeback after 20 years away and a flashback scene revealed that Zoe had given birth to twins in 2006, before fleeing the hospital after the apparent death of her baby daughter.
It was then revealer her daughter Jasmine didn’t die and she was resuscitated after Zoe left the medical ward – and that she was in fact already in Walford.
With the confirmation that her on-screen sibling is also set to feature, actor Joshua has been seen on set.
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He was seen wrapped up in a black puffer coat emblazoned with his name.
The screen star carried a snack in two cardboard boxes as he strolled around the set.
He was seen passing a sign which said New Walford Crown Court, as he prepared to film scenes for on-screen sister Jasmine’s murder trial.
Viewers know Jasmine is currently locked up awaiting trial for killing her father Anthony Trueman.
More images from the EastEnders set revealed a potential reunion with his mother at court with Zoe actress Michelle arriving in blue raincoat and dark skirt.
She slung a red handbag over her arm and carried a large water bottle in her hand.
The Sun previously exclusively revealed how actor Joshua Vaughan has joined the soap to play Josh – and he’ll be involved with a steamy love triangle with Jasmine’s boyfriend Oscar Branning.
It will be the soap’s first bisexual storyline of its kind.
A source previously told us: “This is going to be one of the hottest love triangles the soap world has ever seen.
“Oscar is happy with Jasmine but when her twin arrives the chemistry between them is something neither can ignore.
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“It’s going to set temperatures soaring in Walford. But with Jasmine having bumped off her dad Anthony Truman at Christmas the pair had better watch out.”
Zoe previously believed one of the twins died, only to discover – via Anthony – both were alive and she hired a private investigator in a bid to find them.
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Jasmine discovered Zoe’s whereabouts after reading about her return to Albert Square in news reports of her shooting, when she was accidentally shot during a violent struggle over a gun between Ravi Gulati and Jack Branning.
Zoe will now finally be reunited with her son, having walked out on her twins shortly after giving birth and going into hiding.
