EastEnders boss Diederick Santer is searching for a new hunky male to star in the BBC One soap.
The executive producer is keen to fill the void left by Sean Slater, played by Rob Kazinsky.
‘I think with Rob gone that we now have a hole in the hunk stakes,’ he tells the Daily Star. ‘And that needs to be filled.
'I am going to keep my eye out for a sexy new 20-something actor who can spice things up in the Square.’
Rob, 25, who won Sexiest Male at the 2008 Inside Soap Awards, exited the show at Christmas.
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