Corrie Stars Axed

Steven Arnold and Julia Haworth have reportedly been left "angry" after being axed from Coronation Street.

Digital Spy confirmed yesterday that the acting pair, who play husband-and-wife Ashley and Claire Peacock on the serial, will be following a meeting with new producer Phil Collinson.

"They were angry about not having enough juicy storylines and they confronted Phil about their future on their show," a source told News Of The World.

"He told them they didn't have one - as their contracts were not being renewed. It was a very emotional meeting. Steven's especially upset as he's spent 14 years playing his character. He practically grew up on the soap."

However, an ITV spokesperson insisted: "Julia and Steven are to leave the show but contrary to some press reports, there has been no confrontation with the show producer Phil Collinson."

I wonder if they'll bring them back on the show in a few years time.

There is worse than them on the show (John, Fiz, Gary, Molly, Rosie and many more) but they have become very boring

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That's a really good idea. Kirk deserves some luck, and it could be really funny.

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If Maria has sold her house to Dev... (which is madness) and is meant to be moving in to the flat above the salon... where is Kirk going to live... perhaps Dev should buy the Peacocks house instead and be right next door to his shop :p

Maybe Kirk is going to live with Eddie and Anna, not quite the age group they were hoping to adopt, but hey :lol: Or he is going to move in with Lizzie and her family :hmm:

Its a shame they are not bad

CORRIE star Steven Arnold will be going eh-UP for real - he's becoming a ROOFER after getting the chop from the show.

The actor, who plays Fred Elliot's butcher son Ashley Peacock, is turning his back on showbiz and swapping the cobbles for the tiles.

I say, he's turning his back on showbiz to become a roofer.

Versa-tile Steven, 35, fancies making a clean break after new producer Phil Collinson axed him and screen wife Claire, played by Julia Haworth, 30.

A Corrie source said: "He wants a complete change and it's a world away from the pressure cooker atmosphere of Coronation Street. Steven has always said that when his time is up on the Street he would do something completely different.

"He has many friends in the building trade and wants to try his hand at roofing."

Steven is also worried he'll be typecast as squeaky-voiced Ashley.

The source added: "He's perfect for panto because they'll want him to play an Ashley-style character for laughs but he's never going to land the lead in a gritty police drama because the audience will just think it's Ashley from Corrie. That's why he's planning a future away from TV."

Steven is used to hard graft. He was on the verge of becoming a professional boxer before he landed his Corrie role 15 years ago. The source added: "He's a tough lad and nothing like the wimpy character he plays in the Street."

Steven and co-star Julia will leave the Street at the end of the year.

Is he convinced that he won't get another acting role and that is why he is becoming a roofer.

Apparently Teresa is also leaving Corrie. She leaves on the 14th May after realising Lloyd has fallen for the stripper

Coronation Street's Craig Gazey has admitted that he will miss co-star Steven Arnold when the actor leaves the soap.

Last month, it was announced that Arnold and his screen wife Julia Haworth - better known as Ashley and Claire Peacock - are to be written out of the ITV1 drama later this year.

Gazey has shared many scenes with Arnold as his character Graeme Proctor is one of Ashley's employees at Elliott and Sons Butchers.

Speaking on This Morning, the star commented: "I don't know what's going to happen to my job at the butchers now! I said that, I was like, 'What's going to happen?' I can't afford to buy it so I don't know what's happening.

"I'm going to miss [Steven] because he made me feel really welcome. There was some really good stuff in the butchers. I really enjoyed it. But I'm hardly in there anymore."

Reports have claimed that Arnold will try to secure work in the construction trade after he films his final Weatherfield scenes.