Coronation Street star Ian Bartholomew has told how playing violent Geoff Metcalfe on the soap is hell.The actor, 66, regularly films harrowing scenes for the show’s domestic violence storyline.Opening up about his struggle behind the scenes, he told the Daily Star: “People ask me if it’s great fun playing a baddie.
The short answer is no, it’s not.“I have had to go to places in myself that I didn’t particularly want to.“From an acting point of view, it’s fascinating.“But at the same time, it has been quite difficult because I’ve been going to work every day and being quite horrible.“Geoff is completely unlikeable.
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