Harry Reid recalls teary EastEnders exit

Harry Reid still gets teary thinking about his \'EastEnders\' exit.

The 25-year-old actor bowed out of his role as Ben Mitchell in the BBC One soap in January, and he found it emotionally tough shooting his final scenes with his on-screen parents Steve McFadden (Phil Mitchell) and Gillian Taylforth (Kathy Beale)

He exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "There were a lot of tears. The last scene with Gillian was really hard.

"I threw myself into that part and emotionally really connected with her and Steve. It makes me a bit teary now talking about it."

Harry - who is now starring as Leonard Vole in Agatha Christie\'s \'Witness for the Prosecution\' - admitted it was particularly hard to film his exit scenes alongside Gillian because she felt so much like his real mum.

He added: "Gillian was the perfect person to play my mother. She\'s very much like my mum, I don\'t know how she did it?

"She\'s so maternal, she\'d just come in and touch my hand and hold my hand and I felt like my mum was holding my hand. That motherly touch."

The \'K-Shop\' actor recently admitted he is grateful for landing his theatre role because the part has "freshened" up his acting.

He said: "It\'s been a great change for me, really great. Freshened me up, taught me new skills. I\'ll take these skills I\'ve learnt here into TV, I won\'t just disregard them.

"I took skills from \'EastEnders\' into this."

\'Witness for the Prosecution\' runs at London\'s County Hall.