'EastEnders' star: 'Michael has complex cauldron of emotions'

EastEnders star Steve John Shepherd has insisted that Michael Moon has a "complex cauldron of emotions".

Defending his character's continuing strange behaviour, Shepherd told Inside Soap that Michael's actions come "from the dark recesses of his soul".

"Michael is a person who wants to win in every situation and he's angry that Ronnie has turned him down," he explained. "He can't turn to his family; he feels threatened by his dad and threatened by Tyler, his half-brother who shows up.

"His thoughts and feelings are not cut and dried. He has a complex cauldron of emotions."

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When he is turned down by Ronnie - played by Samantha Womack - after admitting his feelings, Michael sets out to cause her more problems.

Shepherd said: "He offers to look after Tommy for Kat and Alfie. Then he texts Ronnie from Roxy's phone, asking to meet her in the park. When she gets there, she sees Tommy alone in his pram and picks him up. Michael has alerted Kat and Alfie, who then turn up and think Ronnie's stolen him again."

However, he admitted that remorse is "something that comes later" for the eldest Moon brother.

"Michael will be working out what he feels over the coming weeks. It goes on for a while. There's a lot more to come and some of it's from his relationship with his father," he teased.

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