Leslie Grantham has expressed interest in taking on a role on Coronation Street.
The actor, known for playing EastEnders villain 'Dirty' Den Watts, told the Sunday People that he would consider appearing on the ITV soap, having previously turned down a part in the 1980s.
Leslie Grantham
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"Since I left EastEnders, I have been doing lots of theatre," he said. "It would be nice to go back into TV - people like me in this country, I think.
"I would like to go into Corrie but I've been Den for so long. It's difficult to get in now if you are well-known in another soap. I know Michelle Collins went into Corrie but I'll always be known as Dirty Den."
Grantham added that he admires the careers of actors such as Nigel Havers, who starred in films before playing conman Lewis Archer on Coronation Street.
"It would be nice to follow people like Nigel Havers," he said. "He went to Corrie but he had made his name in Chariots of Fire."
Grantham also stated that he doesn't watch soaps himself, explaining that he prefers to watch sport on television.
"I don't watch soaps," he said. "I never used to watch them when I was in them. I would rather watch football or old *movies.
"I have got better things to do. My attention span is not good."
Grantham first appeared in EastEnders as Dirty Den in 1985 before the character supposedly died in 1989. He later returned in 2003, but was eventually killed in 2005 by his second wife Chrissie.