The bitch is back..
Enders’ Charlie says Janine Butcher will be evil as ever when she returns to the Square
CHARLIE Brooks says her character Janine Butcher will be as awful as ever when she bursts back into Walford next month after a seven-year absence.
Janine’s comeback is linked to the return of daughter Scarlett, who arrived on Friday after running away from her foster carers to meet with Kat Moon’s son Tommy.
Tommy and Scarlett believe they are cousins and have yet to discover they are actually halfsiblings, who share a dad in Michael Moon – stabbed to death by Janine in 2013.
The first thing Janine does is lock horns with her old adversary Kat, played by Jessie Wallace.
Charlie, 40, said: “It would be criminal not to bring her back and go where we all really want her to go, which is this alter-ego evil side.
“And we’re definitely, definitely doing
that. We know that it’s going to be explosive – we might see some flames in a big fire.”
As well as Kat, Janine will have to face down old enemies Phil Mitchell, Sharon Watts and returning Stacey
Slater (Lacey Turner) – who also bounces back this autumn after being released from jail.
Charlie said: “I know when it’s exciting because I can feel it as an actress, when two characters are just sparking off each other.” EastEnders fans haven’t forgotten Janine and still come up to Charlie in the street.
“The one I get most is, ‘You killed Barry’,” she said, admitting the 2004 storyline in which her character pushed Barry Evans, who then fell off a cliff is still her favourite.
Executive producer Jon Sen said of the villainess: “Fans love her because a bit of all of us would like to spend a day walking in Janine’s shoes.”