Tommy Orpington (Matt Milburn)
Coronation Street's Michelle Connor seems to be making a habit of attracting familiar soap faces as her wedding planner clients.
Former Hollyoaks and Emmerdale star Matt Milburn is now heading to the Rovers Return in the role of Tommy Orpington, a local football star who hires Michelle to oversee his big day.
It wasn't so long ago that Waterloo Road's Leon Ockenden was cast as Michelle's first love Will Chatterton, who also enlisted her wedding planner services but ended up having a fling with her.
There's not much chance of a similar romantic scenario happening this time, though, as it's Michelle's husband Steve who excitedly demands all of Tommy's time.
Delighted to have a football star in their midst, Steve fawns over Tommy at the pub - but he's not the only one as Tim Metcalfe and Tyrone Dobbs are equally excited.
Michelle Connor is embarrassed by the fuss over Tommy Orpington in Coronation Street
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Tommy's presence on the cobbles soon leads to trouble when he starts spending all of his time with Tim Metcalfe, playing a game of Subbuteo with him at the cab office and later heading to Tim's place for some home brew.
Steve is outraged by their new-found friendship and accuses Tim of trying to steal Tommy away from him. Hmm, this certainly wasn't a triangle that we were expecting!
Steve McDonald gets jealous over Tim Metcalfe and Tommy Orpington in Coronation Street
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Later, when Tim and Steve enjoy a game of football with Tommy in the garden, Tim tries to tackle Steve but misses and ends up taking poor Tommy out instead.
As Tommy cries out in pain, could Tim and Steve's battles for his attention have caused some serious damage?
Matt, who's expected to appear in four Corrie episodes, previously played Hollyoaks regular Joe Spencer between 2003 and 2006.
He also played vet Nicky Pritchard in Emmerdale and is the real-life brother of former Hollyoaks star Greg Wood, who played gangster Trevor Royle in the Channel 4 soap.
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