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"EastEnders newcomer Matt Lapinskas has admitted that joining the soap was a nerve-wracking experience. The actor landed the role of Anthony Moon on the BBC show earlier this year and viewers will see the character&amp;#039;s first appearance on screen next week. In an interview with Soaplife, Lapinskas confirmed that he is &amp;quot;over the moon&amp;quot; about his new part as joining EastEnders is a &amp;quot;lifelong ambition&amp;quot;. However, asked whether he was nervous about taking on the job, he replied: &amp;quot;Very! As a young actor coming straight out of drama school, there&amp;#039;s a lot of weight on your shoulders. I shot a couple of episodes of E20 before I started EastEnders so that broke me in. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m lucky because Steve McFadden is my mentor and he&amp;#039;s been showing me the ropes. He sat me down and told me all the dos and don&amp;#039;ts. Basically he said you have to behave and keep focused.&amp;quot; Lapinskas also revealed that he is planning to watch his first EastEnders episode with friends and family when it airs on Monday. &amp;quot;We were going to hire out the local theatre and I invited about 100 people,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;But they can&amp;#039;t get a live TV licence so it looks like I&amp;#039;m going to be inviting around 100 people to my house instead!&amp;quot; Viewers have already been introduced to Anthony&amp;#039;s father Eddie (David Essex) and brother Tyler (Tony Discipline). &amp;gt; EastEnders arson attack &amp;#039;devastates Eddie Moon&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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