Rob Kazinsky's Sean Slater is returning to 'EastEnders'

Albert Square is set to welcome back another old face.

Rob Kazinsky is to rejoin the soap as Sean Slater, Stacey Slater’s wayward brother, a full decade after having left the East End.

Sean was last seen escaping from a frozen lake, after a foiled attempt to abduct Amy, Roxy Mitchell’s daughter after discovering he was not the father.

During his three-year stint on the show, between 2006 and 2009, he also helped Tanya Branning try to bury cheating Max Branning alive.

Kazinsky will be back for a ‘short stint’ this coming spring.

On his return, he told the Radio Times: “It’s ten years since Sean fled from Walford and I left the studio at Elstree behind to move to the USA to chase a dream that seemed so far-fetched.

“Throughout my career I have always felt my best work was on EastEnders, and that there was something in Sean I understood completely that was so traumatic which we never really got to show the viewers. I have unfinished business in Albert Square and am thrilled to be returning to what I still consider to be my home, however briefly.

“EastEnders is still the most important serial on British television, never afraid to combat hard storylines and tell hard truths. I have always been proud of what EastEnders has done for social awareness and that is why I’m back – to tell a story that means something to me with the family that I know can tell it right.

“I can’t wait to see my Slaters again and see what’s in store for Sean as he brings an evolved animal to Albert Square.”

On quitting the soap, he appeared in US vampire drama True Blood, as well as the movies Pacific Rim with Idris Elba, and World of Warcraft.

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