An ex-EastEnders actor is heading to Hollywood. Did you know these A-listers started in soaps, too?
Written by News on 27/08/2020
When the new Batman trailer dropped, it wasn’t just Robert Pattinson’s take on the Caped Crusader that fans were dissecting.
EastEnders viewers were also quick to spot Alex Ferns – also known as the villainous Trevor Morgan, abusive husband of the long-suffering Little Mo in the early noughties – as Gotham Police Commissioner Pete Savage in the two-minute clip.
Ferns has been taken aback that so many people are shocked he is now in a blockbuster – claiming there’s an “inherent snobbery” about soap stars among some armchair pundits.
But moving from soap to the big screen and beyond is not a rarity. You don’t need us to tell you what Kylie‘s been up to since leaving Neighbours, or that Oscar nominee Margot Robbie also started out on Ramsay Street.
But here are a few other stars you may not know also started out with an episode or two in soap.
Russell Crowe
Idris Elba
Leonardo DiCaprio
Keira Knightley
Heath Ledger
Michelle Keegan
Nathalie Emmanuel
Joanna Lumley
Sarah Lancashire
Jenna Coleman
Ray Liotta
Julianne Moore
Anna Friel
Demi Moore
Morgan Freeman
Tommy Lee Jones
Liam Hemsworth
Suranne Jones
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