Coronation Street actor Tony Maudsley has revealed the unique reason why his character George Shuttleworth won’t be kicked off the soap.
The star delightedly joined the famous cobbles as undertaker George Shuttleworth in 2020 and appeared on ITV’s The Big Soap Quiz: Coronation Street v Emmerdale along with his fellow Corrie actors Channique Sterling-Brown, who portrays Dee-Dee Bailey, and Jack P Shepherd aka David Platt on Thursday (December 28) night.
Host Stephen Mulhern queried about the life of George in Weatherfield. In response, Tony cheekily replied, “Well, business is booming as always in Weatherfield. The best thing about playing George is, they can’t kill me off because there’s no one to bury me! So yeah, I’m staying put, me!”
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Back when he commenced on the show in three eyars ago, an excited Tony proclaimed on Twitter: “Yes I can indeed confirm this to be true. I’m chuffed to be staying at my ITV home and heading to Weatherfield and I for one, couldn’t be happier. As a long time fan of Coronation Street I’m thrilled to be joining the cast of my favourite show. Here’s to the next exciting chapter.”
Tony is best known for appearing in Benidorm from 2011 to 2018 as hairdresser Kenneth Du Beke but the sitcom, which first aired in 2007, was cancelled after 10 series. He also starred in Harry Potter And The Order of the Phoenix, voicing the character of Grawp, Hagrid’s giant brother.
Elsewhere on the quiz show, Tony’s co-star, Channique Sterling-Brown, who plays Dee-Dee Bailey, revealed she auditioned for Emmerdale before landing her cobbles role.
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Host Stephen said: “By the way, a little birdie tells me that you could of actually been on the other team tonight, is that right?” in a nod to Emmerdale’s team, made up of Natalie Ann Jamieson, who plays Amy Wyatt, Kevin Mathurin, who plays Charles Anderson, and Mark Charnock, who plays Marlon Dingle.
Channique, 26, admitted: “I could have been your daughter, Kevin!” to which Emmerdale star Kevin replied: “You’re kidding!” Stephen then explained: “She auditioned” to which Channique replied: “Didn’t get the job!”
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Kevin then responded: “Oh well, it all happens for a good reason!” to which Stephen quipped: “Kevin seems gutted about that, literally he went: ‘Oh well!'”, leaving the actor in hysterics.
Soap fans will remember that Karene Peter played the role of Naomi Walters, the daughter of Kevin’s character Charles Anderson. Naomi first appeared in the village in July 2022 and left a year later to live in Ibiza.
Coronation Street airs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX
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