Coronation Street star Martin Hancock has revealed that he has a previously unknown connection to another actor on the ITV soap. Martin is set to make a comeback as his character Spider Nugent crawls back into Toyah Habeeb's life after 19 years.
01.06.2022 - 22:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Coronation Street Charlie De Melo has shared the sweet reason viewers will never see him popping up in another soap. The actor has quit the ITV soap after nearly five years of playing Imran Habeeb.
In shock scenes, the solicitor died from his injuries after being involved in a car crash alongside new wife Toyah. While Imran was the one to pull Toyah from the wreckage, it was the new dad and husband who tragically lost his life after he suddenly collapsed from a cardiac arrest on the scene as his wife was loaded into an ambulance. While fans have known about Charlie’s plans to leave the soap for a few months, Corrie kept tightlipped on the circumstance around his death and left fans floored with his permanent departure.
The 32-year-old soap star has since revealed more on his decision to quit the long-running soap, revealing he had planned to leave before the coronavirus pandemic struck. "I was enjoying myself so much there and constantly being challenged and put in front of some of the most talented people I’ve ever worked with,” Charlie told the Manchester Evening News and other press about his subsequent time on the cobbles.
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"But that meant I saw a version of myself that would be staying there until I was booted or whatever and I came to the realisation that I have no spouse, no car, no mortgage, or kid, all these things that would otherwise necessitate consistency and I thought if I don’t close my eyes and step off into the void now, I never will."
Charlie does admit that he toyed with the idea of being able to come back in years to come, just like his on-screen wife Georgia Taylor. But the decision was
Coronation Street star Martin Hancock has revealed that he has a previously unknown connection to another actor on the ITV soap. Martin is set to make a comeback as his character Spider Nugent crawls back into Toyah Habeeb's life after 19 years.
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Millie Gibson has shared a look at the extremely thoughtful gift co-star Charlie De Melo got for her as he left Coronation Street. The actor, who has played Imran Habeeb for almost five years, said goodbye to the ITV soap in dramatic fashion as his character tragically died.
Fans of Coronation Street have spotted something sad about Kelly Neelan after she found out about Imran Habeeb's tragic death. The solicitor died in scenes aired on Wednesday night (June 1) marking the end of Charlie De Melo's time on the ITV soap.
Fans knew Charlie De Melo was calling time on his Coronation Street journey, but they had no clue how Imran Habeeb would depart from Weatherfield. There was a shock during Wednesday night’s edition of the ITV soap as the solicitor tragically died.