Reunited EastEnders stars joke ‘there’s life outside the Square’
The last time Mel Owen and Max Branning were seen together, they were fighting in Albert Square. But yesterday former EastEnders actors, Tamzin Outhwaite and Jake Wood posted a matching pair of photographs and friendly messages on each other’s Instagram accounts.
Jake, 48, almost unrecognisable under his huge bushy beard, posted to his 180,000 followers:
“Great bumping into my previous work mucker this week. So it turns out there is life outside the Square”
To which Tamzin replied: “Definitely lots of life outside of and beyond the Square!! So good to catch up xx”
On her page, Jake had written: “Great seeing you Tam” and she’d responded: “You too mate xx”
(Image: (Picture: @glamzin/Instagram))
As well as meeting up with Jake, she’d also squeezed in a chance to have a bite to eat with one of her oldest friends, actress Angela Griffin, who was also filming in the Scottish city.
The actress wrote: “19 hours in Glasgow… I don’t think I could have squeezed any more from this trip.
“Taxi, plane, taxi, hotel, wake up, make up, quiz show, taxi, lunch, taxi, plane,taxi, home.
(Image: (Picture: @glamzin/Instagram))
“A lovely reunion with @mrjakewood…and then the most delicious lunch where one of my bestest @theangelagriffin who happens to be filming in Glasgow, joined us… such a treat on every level. #19hoursinGlasgow.”
In EastEnders, Tamzin and Max’s characters, scheming Mel Owen and womaniser Max Branning, had a brief fling. Max had snogged Mel, not knowing that she had hatched a long-term plan to discredit his brother Jack.
While Tamzin left the long-running soap in 2019, Jake’s final scenes were shown earlier this year.