Martine McCutcheon would consider EastEnders return
Martine McCutcheon is open to bringing her EastEnders alter ego Tiffany Mitchell back from the dead on the BBC soap.
Martine McCutcheon is open to an EastEnders return.
The 49-year-old actress has revealed that she is willing to reprise the role of Tiffany Mitchell, even though her alter ego was killed on New Year's Eve 1998 after being hit by Frank Butcher's (Mike Reid) car as she attempted to flee Walford and her husband Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp).
Martine told Metro: "I've never even really had the chance to think about it because I've been so busy with the opportunities it gave me in the first place to keep going and keep evolving.
"Honestly, if they approached me and the time was right and the storyline was something believable and really amazing, I think it would have to be amazing for me to justify it, because if it wasn't, so many people would be disappointed."
The Love Actually star added: "It would be a big pressure because Tiffany was such an icon, and it would be so easy to do her a disservice. But I would definitely do it if it was right, because I just loved playing her so much.
"She just had no rules. She was fearless and feisty and an amazing character to play. For that reason alone, for selfish reasons, I'd love to do it, but it would have to be right."
Martine has previously expressed her disappointment that EastEnders bosses chose to kill Tiffany off as she was hoping that the door would be left open for her on the BBC soap, which she left to try and forge a pop career.
In her autobiography Who Does She Think She Is?, the Perfect Moment singer said: "What I wanted to do was come back, no matter what happened.
"To come back, walk into the Vic and say, 'Hello Grant'. I told them that even if I had a number one single I would sign a contract to say I'd turn up in the Vic one last time because people would love it."
McCutcheon continued: "I knew the BBC producers had given time off to other cast members. I thought they might do the same for me. But they wouldn't budge.
"They just said, 'No – you either stay with it as it is or we're going to kill you off.' I said: 'Don't you think that's a little drastic? We've got the best writers in Britain. There are loads of wonderful, dramatic things we can do.'
"It doesn't mean you have to kill her off forever. That leaves no hope for me, for the public as far as the character goes, and no hope for the show as far as Tiffany is concerned."
