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Actor Steve Huison might have left Coronation Street as Eddie Windass but we'll see him back on TV soon on a new CBBC show called The 4 O'Clock Club. Steve plays the role of Mr Byron the headtacher, so keep your eye out for him appearing on that show very soon.
Simon Gregson has described the effect high-profile actors on Coronation Street had on him when he joined the show.
Gregson, who has played Steve McDonald since 1989, said that he was "in awe" of William Roache (Ken Barlow) and Johnny Briggs (Mike Baldwin).
"I was in awe of people like William Roache and Johnny Briggs when I started.You knew you were joining something big with those types of actors," he told Inside Soap.
The 36-year-old highlighted the now-retired Bill Tarmey as a particular inspiration for his characterisation of his hapless alter ego.
"Bill Tarmey often gave me advice. He did that with a lot of the younger cast members. He'd advise me how to think differently about a scene, or see something I'd done and praise me by saying, 'keep that up'," the star added.
Earlier this week, Gregson also outlined his hope that Steve would stay celibate following his messy break-up with wife Becky.
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Coronation Street bosses are reportedly planning to offer Michelle Keegan a huge pay rise to keep her at the soap.
Producer Phil Collinson is said to be worried that she will quit when her contract ends in August to join fiancé Max George in London.
The actress, who plays Tina McIntyre, will apparently be offered a £130,000-a-year deal, matching co-stars Kym Marsh and Samia Smith. She is currently earning £90,000.
"Michelle's been a huge hit with Corrie fans since she joined the show," a source told the Daily Star Sunday. "But now she's engaged she's obviously got to look at her situation.
"With Max living in London, we're worried she may want to head down there to be with him. We're determined to keep hold of her and have been told we're fine to get out the cheque book."
A friend added that deciding to stay could be "really tricky" as the couple only see each other at weekends.
Keegan recently described her engagement as "dead exciting".
Ben Riachrds has admitted that he would consider taking a role in a soap.
The actor, whose previous credits include The Bill and Footballers' Wives, revealed that he had missed out on a role in Coronation Street due to his "shocking" Northern accent. :D
"I remember conversations with the casting agent and I literally did a tour of England and ended up in Pakistan which is quite interesting," he told RTÉ Ten. "She said, 'Ben, if ever you are in this show, we'll have to make it a London family coming in!' I read for a character who's not in it anymore, I can't remember and the lad that got it had a good, nice, strong Northern accent.
Asked if he would consider a role in EastEnders, Richards commented that he would make a decision based on the character.
"We'll see, the most important thing - and I know a lot of actors say this - but it's the character. Is that going to inspire me, is that going to push me as an actor? And if not, then I'm not really interested.
"I probably would have earned a lot more money if I was more interested in money, but it's the characters that interest me. We'll see, if there's something in a soap and they want me and it's an interesting role, then who knows, maybe."
Richards, who is currently rehearsing for his role as Captain Hook in a stage production of Peter Pan, revealed that he hopes to expand his career in America.
"I've started developing relations now in America with an agent and a manager out there, so again I'm trying to diversify and add that to the mix to see if we can build a career that is bouncing over the Atlantic," he said. "That would be my ideal, to be doing theatre and television here as well as theatre and television in America."
FORMER Corrie star Iain de Caestecker has been cast as the young James Herriot in a new BBC drama about the vet's early life.
Iain, 23, who played the young Adam Barlow in Coronation Street, will take on the role of the Yorkshire Dales' vet during his time as a student at the Glasgow Veterinary College in the 1930s.
Glaswegian Iain will be joined in the drama - to air in the autumn - by Amy Manson, who was in Outcasts, and Tony Curran, whose credits include The Pillars Of The Earth.
Christopher Timothy played Herriot in the popular long-running TV series All Creatures Great and Small.
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Snoop Doggm has revealed that he would consider setting up a home in the UK at some point in the future.
The American rapper said that he could definitely see himself moving if the right situation ever presented itself.
"Would I live in the UK? I wouldn't mind living here," Snoop Dogg told Q magazine recently. "I think I could really enjoy myself here.
"You know what, I'm going to say this and I mean it. If all else fails and I've got to shake, rattle 'n' roll and get on the woo-wop, this is going to be my heeyah zone," he continued.
The 'Drop It Like It's Hot' rapper also commented on long-running rumours that he may film a cameo in UK soap Coronation Street.
"I've still got to see if they're going to have me on Coronation Street," Snoop Dogg added. "I'd love to be on there. What are you waiting on? It's Snoop Dogg, I'm here again."
Snoop Dogg also took a shot at rival soap EastEnders, by saying that he wouldn't be interested in a cameo on the BBC programme.
The rapper previously admitted that he has been a fan of Coronation Street for the past 12 years, and claims to have been in talks about a guest appearance for some time.
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Coronation Street’s Todd Grimshaw is pulling pints... but he’s not doing it in the Rovers Return.
This is actor Bruno Langley working behind a bar – for real.
Bruno, 28, is now a barman at The Cellars, a trendy boozer in Newington Green, North London, as he struggles to find full-time acting work. Dad-of-one Bruno said: “Things have been a bit difficult but I like it here.”
A regular said: “He fits right in, is friendly and popular. It’s hardly The Rovers, but you wouldn’t think he was a soap star from the way he just gets on with things.”
Bruno built up a huge fanbase when he played Corrie’s first openly gay character from 2001 to 2004. Todd’s kiss with Nick Tilsley (Adam Rickitt) in 2003 caused a sensation and paved the way for further gay storylines.
Bruno has since taken on roles in Doctor Who and appeared on stage in Romeo and Juliet and Sleeping Beauty.
He returned to Corrie for a one-off Easter special this year. Talking of life after the soap, Bruno has said: “I’m glad I left... I’ve experienced different things. I’ve learned a lot.”
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