Karen Taylor (Lorraine Stanley) is set to lock lips with a resident of Albert Square when EastEnders returns, but is Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) the lucky man?
Viewers will remember that — prior to the soap’s hiatus —Karen and Billy’s romance hit rocky shores, as Mitch Baker (Roger Griffiths) claimed to be Karen’s one true love.
Such a claim ultimately caused friction between Karen and Billy, and the two men came to blows during the final pre-lockdown episode.
Fed up of this conflict, Billy issued Karen with an ultimatum, asking her to choose between him and Mitch.
Karen never made a choice prior to the soap’s hiatus, but will she have done so when we return?
The answer to that question remains a mystery, but actress Lorraine Stanley confirmed that she has had to film a kissing scene since filming resumed.
With social distancing measures in place, kissing would be impossible. However, the show’s producers have come up with inventive ways to ‘cheat’ such methods — particularly regarding characters who live in the same household, as naturally, they wouldn’t have to social distance.
One of these genius methods is that actors kiss through a perspex screen, which is then seemingly removed in post-production.
Lorraine told Metro.co.uk: ‘I had to do a screen kiss. That was really weird. It’s like literally snogging the screen and the director saying “Can you move your head a little bit?”
I felt like I was 12 year old!
‘And then he was like “Can you open your eyes?” and I was like, “No, no I shut my eyes when I kiss!”, but he said, “No, we need it!”, so it’s opening your eyes and looking at the person through the screen, wiggling your head!
The question on all our [socially distanced] lips is: Who is it that Karen is kissing?
Lorraine said: ‘Can’t tell you who it was!
‘Might be Max!’
If Karen did reconcile with Billy, could this mean that she’s cheating on him?
What’s more, is Mitch the man she kisses?
EastEnders returns Monday, September 7 at 8:05pm on BBC One.
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