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EastEnders’ Max Bowden heaps praise on Steve McFadden as he reveals secret behind THAT scene

Fans have called for Max to win awards

Max Bowden, who plays Ben Mitchell in EastEnders, has praised on-screen dad Steve McFadden and revealed a secret behind the confrontation scene between Phil and Ben Mitchell.

In last night’s episode of the soap (August 20 2019), Kat lied to Phil about who hit him over the head – she took the blame for her cousin Stacey.

However, Kat didn’t hesitate in throwing Ben under the bus and saying Phil’s son witnessed the attack and told them not to call an ambulance.

Kat told Phil she’d hit him – and Ben had covered it up (Credit: BBC)

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Hearing what Ben had done, Phil bought bottles of vodka to make his son think he had gone back on the booze.

The pair soon went head to head as Phil told Ben he knew who attacked him and wondered why he had tried to pin the blame on Keanu.

EastEnders Phil booze Credit: BBC
Phil tricked Ben (Credit: BBC)

He told Ben that he knows he saw Kat hit him and told them not to call the ambulance.

Ben admitted he did it to get back at Keanu for Phil putting him in his will and removing him.

Ben broke down in tears saying: “He ain’t even family.”

Ben tried to explain to Phil he always feels second best (Credit: BBC)

The two continued to argue as Phil had a go at his son for trying to pin the blame on innocent Keanu.

After Ben confessed everything – and the reasons why he did it – Phil told him to get out and that he never wanted to see his son’s “lying face” around Walford again.

After the episode aired, Max told how much he loved working with Steve – and revealed a secret behind the scene: it was shot in one take!

Fans have heaped praise on Max for his performance as Ben.

Some even said he deserved to win awards for the scenes.

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The episode ended with Ben visiting Kat and telling her he still had the wrench Stacey used to hit Phil.

He said: “Give Stacey my regards. If she knows what’s good for her, she’ll stay away.”

It looks like the feud is far from over for the Slaters and Mitchells.

EastEnders is on Mondays and Fridays at 8pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7.30pm.

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Charlotte Rodrigues
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Charlotte Rodrigues joined Entertainment Daily in April 2018, as Audience Engagement Executive. A huge soap fan, Charlotte then became Senior Soap Writer, delivering the latest storylines and spoilers to our followers.

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