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i'll never be able to listen to another Westlife track (cover) without thinking of giving a hand to that shandy track.
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FBCNL posted:
Oooh, Shandy!
i'll never be able to listen to another Westlife track (cover) without thinking of giving a hand to that shandy track.
SP
Guess who the author of Hard Grinding is...
I can't wait to see him! Also nice to see Corrie's so well regarded by those at the top of the acting profession.
EDIT: I didn't realise Aladdin was so X-rated. Thank goodness for the swear-word filter!
Media Guardian posted:
Lord of the Rings star Sir Ian McKellen is to join the cast of Coronation Street as flamboyant author Mel Hutchwright, who is not all he seems.
Sir Ian, one of the nation's most distinguished and sought-after actors, surprised everyone last year when he appeared as Widow Twankey in the Old Vic's production of Aladdin, fulfilling his ambition to play a pantomime dame.
Now the self-confessed Coronation Street fan will raise eyebrows even further when he achieves his "only remaining ambition" by appearing in 10 episodes of the soap from May.
Sir Ian plays the author of Weatherfield book club's notoriously steamy bodice-ripper, Hard Grinding, which not only worked up Norice Cole into a lather but had Street fans scouring real bookshops for copies of the tome - which they failed to realise was as real as a pint of Newton and Ridley.
Burnley-born Sir Ian, 65, said he had once turned down a role as Elsie Tanner's long-lost nephew because he was intimidated by the cast's regulars.
Today he said: "Now I am nervous but raring to go. I don't yet know what Mel will look like or sound like (a bit of my native northern accent maybe) but I'm already studying his lines - rehearsal time is scarce for the five-times-a-week show."
Sir Ian, one of the nation's most distinguished and sought-after actors, surprised everyone last year when he appeared as Widow Twankey in the Old Vic's production of Aladdin, fulfilling his ambition to play a pantomime dame.
Now the self-confessed Coronation Street fan will raise eyebrows even further when he achieves his "only remaining ambition" by appearing in 10 episodes of the soap from May.
Sir Ian plays the author of Weatherfield book club's notoriously steamy bodice-ripper, Hard Grinding, which not only worked up Norice Cole into a lather but had Street fans scouring real bookshops for copies of the tome - which they failed to realise was as real as a pint of Newton and Ridley.
Burnley-born Sir Ian, 65, said he had once turned down a role as Elsie Tanner's long-lost nephew because he was intimidated by the cast's regulars.
Today he said: "Now I am nervous but raring to go. I don't yet know what Mel will look like or sound like (a bit of my native northern accent maybe) but I'm already studying his lines - rehearsal time is scarce for the five-times-a-week show."
I can't wait to see him! Also nice to see Corrie's so well regarded by those at the top of the acting profession.
EDIT: I didn't realise Aladdin was so X-rated. Thank goodness for the swear-word filter!
OV
Tommy has gone, Angela is leaving (don't know why), Katy kills herself and Craig is staying. Hope that clears things up.
OV
The street is a lot better than EastEnders. That and I have always hated EastEnders.