Coronation Street’s Jack James Ryan teases devastating cancer storyline for Jacob Hay

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Coronation Street star Jack James Ryan has teased a devastating testicular cancer storyline for his character Jacob Hay.The star recently returned to the ITV soap after a break, and Jacob has since turned around his drug dealing past to strike up a romance with Amy Barlow - though it has had to be kept secret from her worried parents.But now, Jack wants to explore something on-screen that he has had plenty of experience in real life with - testicular cancer.The star has already beaten cancer once in his lifetime, and supported his former co-star Victoria Ekanoye - who played Jude Appleton’s wife Angie until 2019 - through her own battle with breast cancer.He explained on the Industry Minds podcast in 2020: “My brother and mum started crying and I was just kind of in the middle.

It was weird, really weird, as though time had stopped.“And then I always had this feeling that 'this isn't going to be the thing that kills me', I don't know why I was so confident!”And, now in remission, he wants to explore that with his character.Jack explained to Inside Soap: “I like the idea of being able to tell stories that I have personal experience with.“When I was 18, I was diagnosed with testicular cancer - I’m fine and in remission now.