12 Castings For New Movies That Prove Hollywood Has Gone Insane

A surprising number of Eastenders actors have gone on to make it America. Jeffrey the butler from The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air was once a brick-layer on the show and Michelle Ryan was once the Bionic Woman for about five minutes in 2007. Beyond that... to be honest, that's about it.

So the idea of one of the shows stars being hand-picked to play a hugely important character in the next X-Men film is a lot like... well, it's a lot like Will Poulter being cast as Pennywise the clown. Odd, to say the least.

Will It Work?

Stranger things have happened, and to be honest, the majority of the world has absolutely no idea who Peter Beale is. Plus there's probably not the same stigma attached to soap opera actors making the transition to blockbuster movies elsewhere.

Chris Hemsworth did it for Thor after all. It's just a little hard to shake off the image of Ian Beale blowing bubbles out of his nose after his latest family tragedy when anyone mentions Eastenders.