EastEnders: Jake Wood reveals bosses scrapped Max Branning revenge storyline for explosive Christmas – as plot was meant to continue for three years

EastEnders bosses axed the original plans for Max Branning’s revenge scheme [BBC] Max Branning has been targeting Walford in a revenge scheme that was apparently meant to go on for three years. But Jake Wood, who plays the EastEnders character, confirmed this was scrapped in favour of a huge Christmas storyline. Jake clarified that scenes which saw Max plotting against his neighbours and loved ones were set to go on in a much longer plot. But new soap boss John Yorke changed things …