Jamie Borthwick revealed she is suffering from a serious injury after running the London Marathon with co-star Emma Barton last week.
EastEnders made history when Jamie, 29, who plays Jay, and Emma, 46, who plays Honey, raced in real life to film scenes for the BBC soap.
The characters participated in the story that made history. in memory of Danielle HaroldThe character of Lola, Jay’s wife, who lost her battle with cancer after a heartbreaking battle with a brain tumor.
Appearing on Friday’s Good Morning Britain with Charlotte Hawkins and Adil Ray, Jamie opened up about his crippling injury.
Emma said: ‘Do you want to tell everyone at home how you feel?’
Jamie Borthwick, 29, revealed she is suffering from a serious injury after running the London Marathon with co-star Emma Barton, 46, last week.
EastEnders made history when Jamie, who plays Jay, and Emma, who plays Honey, raced in real life to film scenes for the BBC soap.
Jamie admitted: ‘The second toe on my right foot is not right. Its not cute.’
The actor revealed that he suffers from plantar fasciitis, an inflammation of a part of the foot that connects the heel bone to the toes.
The program aired on the BBC on Monday at the regular time of 7.30pm and later at 1pm on the streaming platform.
EastEnders announced on social media: ‘Emma Barton and Jamie Borthwick have just completed the London Marathon for an upcoming storyline which will see their characters, Honey and Jay, take on the event in memory of their beloved Lola.
“As well as running on behalf of their chosen charities, Emma and Jamie take on roles to film various scenes along the route…
‘These scenes will be edited into the main program tonight and viewers will be able to watch the special scenes tomorrow (Monday 22 April) from 1pm on BBC iPlayer and at 7.30pm on BBC One. @londonmarathon #LondonMarathon. ‘
Jamie said of the reason behind his career: “Over the last 18 months, we’ve seen a story where my wife (Jay), Lola, had developed a brain tumour…
“We tried to make it as real as possible and our lovely boss dropped the idea that maybe our characters would run the marathon.”
The characters participated in the history-making story in memory of Danielle Harold’s character, Lola, Jay’s wife, who lost her battle with cancer after a heartbreaking battle with a brain tumor.
Appearing on Friday’s Good Morning Britain with Charlotte Hawkins and Adil Ray, Jamie opened up about his crippling injury.
Jamie admitted: ‘The second toe on my right foot is not right. Its not cute.’ The actor revealed that he suffers from plantar fasciitis, an inflammation of a part of the foot that connects the heel bone to the toes.
Emma said: “I think it’s a really clever idea they’ve done EastEnders to show what lots of people are doing up and down the country.” And that’s raising money for your charities or in memory of a loved one…
‘As Honey and Jay are running the London Marathon, we will be filmed live on the day of the London Marathon, which will then be broadcast on Monday 22nd April at 7.30pm This has never been done before in the history of the TV soaps.
When asked if they were ready to film during the race, Emma said: “We just have to treat it like any other EastEnders scene, professionally, we’ll do it and then we can relax for the last half.”
Emma ran on behalf of BBC Children in Need, while Jamie raised money for Prostate Cancer UK in memory of his relatives.
Jamie and Emma spoke to host Gabby Logan before the event about the complicated filming process while also taking on the challenging race.
Speaking about how the plan came about, Jamie explained: “We’re doing this on screen in memory of Lola, my wife who sadly passed away from a brain tumor in the story. She and Honey, before she passed away, put Jay on the run. marathon.
“So our executive Chris Clenshaw said we would do it for real. We came up with the idea: ‘How would you really feel doing the marathon?’ We stupidly agreed and here we are!
The two soap stars play Honey Mitchell and Jay Brown in the BBC soap, who run the Lola Mitchell Memorial Marathon (pictured in the soap).
In a present-day story, Jay and Honey, who is married to Lola’s grandfather and Jay’s former adoptive father, Billy Mitchell, train to run the race while continuing to navigate their grief.
Jamie and Emma spoke to host Gabby Logan before the event about the complicated filming process while also taking on the challenging race.
‘But we’re working today, so we have our camera equipment set up at four points. Here, Cutty Sark, London Bridge and the finish line, where we need to be at the markings and shoot some footage.”
Detailing the difficulty of filming, Emma added: “Yes, yesterday we had a sort of meeting, like ‘can you be on the left side of this area, on the right side of this’ and we were like, Oh my God!
“It’s crazy because we’re going from enjoying this to running for our charities, but it’s a day’s work.”