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Coronation Street enlists Will Mellor to play ‘out and out baddie’
Coronation Street has signed up Will Mellor to play an “out and out baddie”.
The ITV soap said the actor “will walk into Weatherfield”, as “drugs lord” Harvey, next month.
Mellor, 44, said: “I’m honoured to be asked to come into Coronation Street, it’s such an iconic show and has been a huge part of my family life.
“When I started acting 32 years ago it was my mum’s dream for me to be in Corrie so I’m happy to finally be able to make it come true.
Updated: 9 Feb 2021, 9:31
CORONATION Street will welcome Will Mellor to the Cobbles in his first out-and-out baddie role as drugs lord Harvey.
The Manchester actor, of Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps fame, has shunned a return to rival soap, Hollyoaks, by doing so.
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Will Mellor will play his first baddie role as he joins Coronation StreetCredit: ITV
Instead, his new ITV character will get gritty and hardcore in Coronation Street s Weatherfield as his drug ring becomes entangled with Leanne Battersby s son, Simon.
Jane Danson s character finds herself forced into his world of drugs and despair while still struggling with the passing of her youngest son Oliver, whom she shared with Steve McDonald, from the incurable mitochondrial disease.
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