Sunday Mirror (Northern Ireland)
It’s Harry in Enders
Redknapp to star with Danny Dyer
IT’S on the Square, guv – footie legend and I’m A Celebrity hero Harry Redknapp is close to landing an ACTING role on EastEnders.
The former Premier League boss is set to sign on the dotted line for a potential part as Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter’s new sidekick.
It’s a huge coup for the BBC soap’s executives who had kept weeks of behind-the-scenes talks under wraps. A source said: “Harry will be a great addition to EastEnders. Even though he has no traditional acting experience, his character and charm are more than enough to stand him in good stead on the show.
“And with him growing up in the real East End, it makes it even better.”
Born in Poplar, Harry, 73, played for London clubs West Ham and Spurs before managing them both. He won the FA Cup in 2008 as boss of Portsmouth.
But it was an unlikely stint on ITV’s 2018 I’m A Celeb series that catapulted him on to our screens and saw him crowned King of the Jungle. He’s since got into mainstream TV, starring in adverts and documentaries, and he’s hosting his own successful podcast.
Now Harry is about to take his small screen career to a new level alongside huge TV names like Danny Dyer who plays Mick Carter. And if Harry has his way, he’ll be his new sidekick.
Harry said in a recent interview he was desperate for a part – and even had a script in mind. “Mick Carter and his regulars are in The Vic,” said Harry. “They’re at the bar and one says, ‘Ere, you heard Redknapp has moved back in the area?’ Another says, ‘Nah, he’s moved to that posh Sandbanks’. Mick then says, ‘Nah, he’s had enough of it. He’s come back’.”
Harry added: “At this point, I come into the pub, they turn around shocked and I say, ‘I’ve moved round the corner’. Mick then says, ‘We’re starting up a little business. A bit of this, bit of that’.
“I’d like to be in it a year before they bump me off or something.”
Our source added: “Everything has been pretty much agreed and it’s now down to the fine details.” Last night a spokesman for Harry declined to comment.
I come into the pub… and they turn around shocked HARRY ON HOW HE SEES HIS BIG VIC ENTRANCE