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EastEnders' Roxy runs a real pub

Simons - "I just hope I don't get carried away and start barring people"
Simons - "I just hope I don't get carried away and start barring people"

'EastEnders' star Rita Simons is running her own pub for a new BBC Three show.

The Sun reports that the 33-year-old actress, who plays Roxy Mitchell in the soap, has been working in a real pub in the East End for the programme 'Beyond Walford'.

Simons has reportedly "been pulling pints, changing barrels and listening to regulars drown their sorrows".

She said: "It's been an insight seeing what it's like to run a real pub. I just hope I don't get carried away and start barring people - as Roxy does."

The programme will be screened later this year.

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