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EastEnders' legend Adam Woodyatt says that there are 'lots of doors open' to him after leaving the soap after 37 years.
The actor, 54, played iconic character Ian Beale in the show for 37 years before bowing out in 2021, has returned to his first love of performing on stage.
Speaking about a possible return to the East End based show he told The Buzz: 'The door's open, but there's a lot of doors that are open.'
New role: EastEnders' legend Adam Woodyatt, 54, has revealed he may not to the soap after rediscovering his love of performing in the theatre
It comes as the actor prepares to tour the country in a production of the famous musical My Fair Lady.
He said: 'I've kind of relearned in the last year or so why I fell in love with this job in the first place'.
Before adding: 'You get bitten by this bug, this theatre bug. And it doesn't leave you.'
Adam reunited with his on screen wife Laurie Brett, who played Jane Beale, earlier this year in a new play titled Looking Good Dead.
New ventures: The actor played Ian Beale in the show for 37 years before bowing out in 2021, and despite the door being left open for his character, there are 'many doors' open to him away from Walford
Based on the novel by Peter James and is a thriller about an unsuspecting father who witnesses a grisly murder.
When promoting the play on Steph's packed lunch back in April he told the host: 'I could go back and I could not go back [To EastEnders] I don't know. The speculation has been hysterical. I think everyone is always going to speculate. But there are no plans at the moment.'
It comes after Adam's latest stage venture in Lerner & Lowe's My Fair Lady would
