Shock Returns! EastEnders Drops Bombshell with Two Major Comebacks _ EastEnders

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00:00 EastEnders reveals two major returns in Big Twist.

00:03 Lauren Branning won't be alone when she returns to EastEnders, with her cousin Penny also

00:08 set to stage a comeback.

00:10 Penny was last seen 15 years ago when she came to Walford for two short stints within

00:14 the same year, staying with her dad Jack Branning.

00:18 Her relationship with Jack has always a fractured one, with Penny having opted to live in France

00:23 with mum Selena for much of her life.

00:26 But after a decade and half, she returns to the square alongside Lauren, but just how

00:30 will Jack react to her arrival, what's more, what exactly is it that results in she and

00:35 Lauren returning to Walford?

00:37 Rising star Kitty Castledine has been cast in the role of Penny, which is her first major

00:42 TV part since graduating from London Academy of Music and Drama in the summer.

00:47 "I didn't expect to start my EastEnders journey so soon out of drama school, I can't actually

00:52 believe it," said Kitty on joining the show.

00:55 "My whole family are EastEnders fans, and I remember sitting on my nanny Kay's lap to

01:00 tune in, and now they get to watch me in Albert Square.

01:04 The inclusion of disabled talent on screen is so important to me as a wheelchair user,

01:09 so I'm thrilled to be playing a character as feisty and cool as Penny.

01:13 She's thrown into the middle of the drama straight away, and I can't wait to see what she gets

01:17 up to."

01:18 Considerers very excited for her first scenes.

01:21 EastEnders boss Chris Clenshaw, who is overseeing one of the long-running soap's most celebrated

01:26 and acclaimed eras ever, said, "It's been a long time since Penny Branning was in Walford,

01:31 and she's a very different person from the one our viewers might remember."

01:35 Kitty is a terrific addition to the show, and we're looking forward to seeing Penny

01:39 back in Albert Square.

01:41 It was confirmed earlier this year that Lauren will return to EastEnders in a regular capacity,

01:46 following a number of guest appearances over the past year.

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