EastEnders favourite Pierre Moullier has revealed there’s more drama ahead for Oscar Branning as the character gets set to flee Albert Square.

Viewers of the BBC One soap have seen Oscar experience a number of run-ins with thuggish associate Fat Mike (Tai Hilferink) over recent weeks, from threatening text messages to being beaten up and threatened with a knife.

The situation has made Oscar increasingly more paranoid, so much so that he launched an attack on his sister Lauren’s (Jacqueline Jossa) fiancé Peter Beale (Thomas Law).

Desperate to find a resolution, he has to act fast next week when Mike demands £5k in exchange for the Branning family’s protection.

‘To me, this situation with Mike is like a multi-choice game, and Oscar always chooses the worst option,’ actor Pierre told us.

‘He should be going for option A and asking Jack [Branning, (Scott Maslen)] for help, but instead, he thinks he can make Option B work and find the money himself.

‘Oscar seems to believe that all he needs is the time to get his hands on the money.’

After discovering that Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker) has struck lucky at the betting shop – bagging himself a whopping £6k – it seems to be the answer to his prayers.

Pierre continued: ‘This is the last thing he wants to do, but he’s deeply concerned by Mike and feeling quite alone in this.

‘In his head, he thinks that Patrick wasn’t expecting to have this money, so it won’t hurt him if Oscar takes it.

‘He thinks he can get in, take the money and get out with nobody being any the wiser.’

Unfortunately, after being caught red-handed, Oscar pushes Patrick to the floor and knocks him unconscious. This was not on his bingo card!

Despite everything, Pierre reckons there could be some redemption for Oscar.