Clowns, Jungles, Walford and Theatre
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<em>Above: Shane Richie, Scaramouche Jones. Photo: Bonnie Britain</em>
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When you’ve been part of the furniture in one of the biggest soaps in the country – for a considerable amount of time – your options naturally become limited after you leave. What should one turn to next? For Shane Richie, who almost certainly needs no introduction to millions of television viewers up and down the country, playing Alfie Moon for over one thousand appearances has had its pros and cons, as he recently explained to me: “I think once you go into a show that has such a high profile you end up limiting your options when you come out,” he said. “There might be a producer who will want to make a drama and, even if they think you’re a pretty good actor, you literally might have become too big a name. They want their ‘work’ to be the star of the show as opposed to a ‘name’.”
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