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Former Brookside star Mark Moraghan has joined Coronation Street as a new love interest for Eileen Grimshaw.
The actor has landed the guest role of Adrian, who is introduced to the cobbles when Eileen decides to try internet dating.
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Mark Moraghan
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Mark Moraghan
Moraghan announced his own casting on Twitter after filming his first scenes last week, but details of his role can be confirmed for the first time today.
Adrian will make his first appearance on screen in April and a Coronation Street spokesperson has told Digital Spy that he will be sticking around for at least a few months.
Eileen has a history of heartbreak in the romance department, so it remains to be seen whether life dating Adrian will be any happier for her.
Had a great 1st week up North. Thanks to a wonderful cast & crew for making me welcome x pic.twitter.com/gHvWVe2ukQ
— Mark Moraghan (@MarkMoraghan) February 20, 2015
Eileen's last relationship with firefighter Paul Kershaw (Tony Hirst) ended in tears when they were unable to move on from a feud that he had with her good friend Lloyd Mullaney.
Her other love interests in recent years have included children's entertainer Jesse Chadwick (John Thomson) and builder Owen Armstrong (Ian Puleston-Davies).
Moraghan's previous roles include Greg Shadwick in Brookside, Owen Davies in Holby City and Ray Wyatt in Dream Team.
TaintedLove
24-02-2015, 15:53
No doubt Todd will become jealous because his Mother has someone, and he doesn`t.
tammyy2j
24-02-2015, 15:57
No doubt Todd will become jealous because his Mother has someone, and he doesn`t.
Todd might seduce him :p
tammyy2j
24-02-2015, 15:57
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i always had a crush on him lucky eileen/sue
Eileen was a right bore in her last relationship . She is better on her own than as a couple.
I think that was to do with the whole storyline though and her and Paul did not exactly have much chemistry in my opinion, lets see how this one works out, I am glad she has a bit of romance again :D
owenlee4me
02-03-2015, 17:14
HOw on earth does Eileen find fella's? she's not blessed with anything outstanding, and barely has to leave the cobbles and voila she manages to have men in her life!!
HOw on earth does Eileen find fella's? she's not blessed with anything outstanding, and barely has to leave the cobbles and voila she manages to have men in her life!!
todd makes her try internet dating
HOw on earth does Eileen find fella's? she's not blessed with anything outstanding, and barely has to leave the cobbles and voila she manages to have men in her life!!
todd makes her try internet dating
Nobody has to leave the cobbles to get partners. The partners miraculously arrive on set
Coronation Street newcomer Mark Moraghan has praised his character Adrian Mortimer as a good match for Eileen Grimshaw.
The former Brookside and Holby City actor made his first appearance as Adrian last week, when Eileen finally met up with her online love interest and they enjoyed a successful first date.
Eileen's romances aren't known for going well, but speaking on ITV's Lorraine today (April 13), Moraghan insisted that Adrian can be trusted.
Reflecting on his time with the show so far, he explained: "I'm having a great time. I'm a fan as well, so I've watched it since I was a kid. To actually be involved with it, I have to keep kicking myself really!
"I think Adrian's a nice guy. He's fairly smitten by Eileen. I think they've got a similar sense of humour, so he's very attracted to her sense of humour. Watch this space, as they say!"
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Eileen meets up with Adrian, her internet date.
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Adrian and Eileen in Coronation Street
Revealing that he was already friends with a number of Corrie's male cast before joining, he continued: "I played football with them for over ten years. Alan Halsall, Mick Le Vell, Andy Whyment - all those guys I knew really well. We played for a pro celeb team called All Stars and we went all over the place.
"[I knew] Ali King of course from Dream Team, and loads of old directors over the years. It literally was like 'home from home' going in there!"
With Eileen's son Todd set to meddle in her relationship over the coming weeks, Moraghan kept tight-lipped about whether the romance does have a future.
He said: "I'm in Corrie for a couple of months and then we'll see where we go! I don't want to give too much away, but Adrian is a bit smitten with Eileen - that's all I can tell you."
Coronation Street star Mark Moraghan has confirmed that his final episodes will be aired this week. :(
The actor made his first appearance as Adrian Mortimer in April when he went on a date with Eileen Grimshaw after they met online.
However, Eileen's son Todd has been scheming to ruin the couple's happiness and Friday's episode (June 5) will see the truth finally unravel with devastating consequences.
Moraghan wrote on Twitter: "My final week (on screen) @itvcorrie. It's been a blast! Thank's to a fantastic Cast & Crew."
Viewers know that Todd has been stringing Eileen along by pretending to be an admirer called Jeff, and Moraghan's tweet is confirmation that he will successfully sabotage the relationship, prompting Adrian to move on for good.
This week's episodes will also see Todd confess that he was responsible for his brother Jason's split from Eva Price as well, causing his family to all turn their back on him.
its Eileen's own fault. She should be older and wiser. You can lead a horse to water but it does not have to drink it if it does'nt want to!
maidmarian
01-06-2015, 16:34
its Eileen's own fault. She should be older and wiser. You can lead a horse to water but it does not have to drink it if it does'nt want to!
Thats true- but I just assumed the relationship
was doooomed when I saw he was tall.!!
Eileen usually quite a lot taller than her beaux!!
maidmarian
01-06-2015, 16:34
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