EASTENDERS fans were left stunned when they found out an iconic character’s ‘real age’.
The actor joined the BBC soap EastEnders in 2000 and has been off an on our screens ever since.
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Over the years she’s become one of Walford’s biggest icons and has been involved in lots of storylines during her time on the Square.
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But much of her happenings revolved around being a con woman.
Yes, we are speaking about Mo Harris, who is played by Laila Morse and is the matriarch of the Slater family.
She is the grandmother of Kat Slater, Belinda Peacock, and Little Mo Slater.
Over the past two decades Mo’s returned for numerous stints before she departed the show in 2021 for a cruise with her fiancé Fat Elvis.
And last year, Mo returned to Walford with Freddie Slater, who was arrested for the assault on Stacey’s stalker.
The crazed teacher had been harassing the mum for months after growing infatuated with her before things turned sinister and he tried to rape her.
Now, fans have found out the Mo’s real age in the soap and they are completely amazed.
Posting on Redditt one said: “There’s absolutely no way she’s 89?? EIGHTY NINE????”
Another added: “They should have made her Charlie’s sister rather than his mother in law.
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“It’s never been fully believable even in the early days of the Slaters.”
“Laila Morse is 79 which I still find hard to believe- she’s still got plenty of go in her!” exclaimed another.
A fourth explained: “They aged her up to match pat’s age for the backstory, maybe it was believable back in the early 2000s but it sure as hell isn’t now.”
“Gary Oldman is only in his 60s so I doubt she’s that old. Unless there’s like one hell of an age gap between them” said another.
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Her character, Cindy Beale, was presumed dead off-camera in 1998.
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Earlier this summer, loyal soap fans appeared to note how Stevie Mitchell had “quit” the long-running series.
It came after Alan Ford enjoyed just six-months on-screen.
Bobby Beale actor Clay Milner Russell also left this year after five years in Walford.
Fans also feared Martin Fowler actor James Bye would “quit out of boredom” over recent storylines.
Additionally, a host of stars have quit the BBC soap for Hollywood fame.
One of the most successful stars to come from the BBC One soap is Rob Kazinsky.
He played Stacey Slater’s brother Sean Slater from 2006 to 2009, he has starred in Hollywood blockbusters Pacific Rim and Captain Marvel.
Ben Hardy, who quit EastEnders as Bobby Beale almost a decade ago, went on to break Hollywood the following year, when he starred as Archangel in X-Men: Apocalypse.
Since then, he has played Roger Taylor in Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, and he starred in Michael Bay’s Netflix movie 6 Underground.
Michelle Ryan played Zoe Slater until 2005.
She starred as the lead in short-lived American series Bionic Woman from 2007 to 2008.
While another soap fan said: “Mo doesn’t look 90 whatsover, or acts it either.”
Laila actually has a super famous little brother and it is none other than Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman.
They even collaborated on a film together once, as Laila starred in 1997 film Nil By Mouth, Gary’s debut as a film writer and director.
When some soap fans got hold of the news that the EastEnders star was the Darkest Hour star’s big sis, Twitter lit up.
Fans began to tweet their funny reactions to the news that Walford’s Big Mo and Oscar winner Gary were in fact brother and sister.
One EastEnders fan said: “If there is a better fact out there than Big Mo being Gary Oldman’s sister I want to hear it”
Another tweeted: “Wtf since when were Big Mo from Eastenders & Gary Oldman brother & sister?????”
While this one commented: “I’ll never come to terms with the fact Gary Oldman’s sister is Big Mo from Eastenders #Oscars”
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