EastEnders star Jonny Freeman, who plays Reiss Colwell, has said his character is ‘terrified’ of ‘gangster’ Teddy Mitchell, as he hinted at worrying scenes ahead on the BBC soap
EastEnders’ Reiss Colwell could be in big trouble at the hands of Teddy Mitchell, amid a big week on the BBC soap.
Just as Reiss’ killer actions look set to come to light, Teddy could bring more trouble to the character’s door. This week, Bianca Jackson finds the evidence she needs to expose Reiss as the killer of his ex Debbie.
Teddy had vowed to help Reiss recently in exchange for a favour. Teddy knew about accountant Reiss being fraudulent, trying to con the likes of Sharon Watts and Phil Mitchell out of their cash to sort his money woes.
In exchange for covering his debts and covering for him, he asked Reiss to do something for him to stop his wife Nicola Mitchell getting her hands on his money. He asked Reiss to mess with his books to downplay his wealth, knowing it wasn’t legal and Reiss could face trouble.
Given everything Teddy had done for him and was continuing to help him with, with him promising to try and get Sonia Fowler out of prison, Reiss was left trapped. Sonia’s only in prison because the police believe she killed Debbie.
EastEnders’ Reiss Colwell could be in big trouble at the hands of Teddy Mitchell (Image: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)
Reiss has yet to reveal he was to blame, allowing his pregnant partner to take the fall. But with Teddy now having proof, that he hasn’t actually seen, that Reiss is the killer, could he cause more drama for the accountant?
He handed Reiss CCTV that would expose whether Sonia was the last person to see Debbie. Reiss watched it and realised it proved he was in the area the day Debbie was killed, with him there after Sonia was.
On Tuesday he lied to Teddy that the video showed Sonia looking guilty, fleeing the scene and wearing gloves. Framing his own partner, he claimed he deleted the footage to protect her when in fact he was covering for himself.
Teddy had made a copy though and gave it to Bianca who was shown watching it, with her finding out the truth. But amid a showdown with Bianca, will Teddy realise Reiss has lied and will he take action against him?
Speaking exclusively to The Mirror recently, actor Jonny revealed Reiss was terrified of the character, as he teased he would be left doing as Teddy says. He explained: “I know only what viewers do but for Reiss, it is terrifying.
“It is another bit of pressure on Reiss. He’s backed into a corner so he’s got to say yes to everything. Being in cahoots with a gangster is terrifying, so it’s more pressure for Reiss.”
EastEnders airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7:30pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
