Emmerdale actor Tony Audenshaw looked unrecognisable as he appeared on today’s episode of This Morning.
The 55-year-old Bob Hope star was on the ITV morning show to discuss going back to work on set while adhering to social distancing rules.
He looked completely different during his interview with Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford as he revealed his lockdown transformation.
Tony’s character Bob is know for being clean-shaven, but Tony was sporting a brand new bushy beard.
One fan messaged the TV star saying: “I just had to follow you after watching you on This Morning! What a nice guy! Shame the beard has to come off!”
He looked completely different as he flaunted his new facial hair (Image: ITV)
While another wasn’t too keen on his new facial hair, saying: “Get a shave Bob.”
The TV star went on to reveal how the ITV soap have been following government guidelines in terms of social distancing measures.
He explained: “Each set has been broken into different areas, we’ve got different cohorts. I’m in the red cohort at the moment, which is why I’ve got this lanyard.”
KNOWING: Bob’s in on the mystery (Image: ITV)
Tony joked: “I love having a lanyard on it makes me feel official.”
He continued: “They’ve done a fantastic job in making this workable, we’ve got paired down crews and a paired down number of cast.”
Tony then gave fans an insight into behind the scenes social distancing as he said each actor has their own individual versions of a specific prop so that there is no contamination on set.
The TV actor discussed going back to work while adhering to social distancing rules (Image: ITV)
He said: “One thing to say we’re doing with props is we have our own props boxes, so if I’m putting a drink on the counter the drink goes down, we stop filming, I put my drink back in the box and another character will take their own drink and then take it off, so we’ve thought of hopefully everything.”
Viewers loved seeing Tony on This Morning and flooded him with messages on Twitter.
One said: “It was lovely to see you on this morning. Can’t wait for more episodes of the best programme on TV. Good luck.”
While another gushed: “Really enjoyed @TonysTrials interview on @thismorning. Can’t wait for tonight’s episode and the special lockdown episodes of Emmerdale.”
“That interview was great Tony. Such a funny lovely man” added a third.
This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
