Coronation Street star Martin Hancock has revealed he’s got secret connection to co-star Joe Duttine away from the ITV soap.
The actor returns to Weatherfield in upcoming scenes as fan favourite Spider Nugent.
Fans will remember that Mark played Emily Bishop’s eco-warrior nephew from 1997 until 2003.
Next week, Spider will bump into old flame Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) at a protest against waste incineration.
Speaking about catching up with his cast mates behind-the-scenes, Martin told Daily Star and other press: “I haven’t stopped nattering to people to be honest with you.
“I went to drama school with Joe [Duttine] and in our 30-year careers we’ve never worked together.
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“I just think his characters is brilliant so I’d really like to work with Joe.”
Martin went on to add that Spider’s return to the Cobbles was sparked by his wife.
He said: “I’ve always said if I was asked I would come back
“Then towards Christmas last year Georgia [Taylor] put a photo up of Toyah and Spider arm in arm when we were very young.
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“My wife said: ‘You’ve always said you’d go back and you’re not getting any younger so pull your finger out and have a word with your agent’.
“So I had a word with my agent who had a word with Corrie and there was a bit of to-ing and fro-ing and here I am.”
Despite working on Corrie for over a decade previously, soap star Martin admitted that he was nervous to make his comeback as Spider.
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The actor, who has also appeared in Holby City as Reg Lund, explained: “I did have sleepless nights and I was very, very nervous.
“My first day back before we started filming I came in for an orientation, because it’s a new studio from the one that I was at, and the first person I bumped into was one of the first ADs I ever worked with, which was Dale.
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“That was lovely and the first members of the cast I saw were Georgia and Jane [Danson, who plays Leanne Battersby] and that was like, yeah get in.
“It was like a huge warm blanket of love thrown over me, it was lovely.”
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