A HUGE soap actor from a classic British favourite is set to join the cast of Coronation Street, show bosses have confirmed.
Corrie bosses have revealed that former Brookside legend Simon O'Brien - who played Damon Grant in the C4 drama - has joined the cast of the ITV soap.
Simon will play the role of Frank Bardsley, a mysterious new love interest for one Weatherfield resident. However, preliminary spoilers suggest he will then have a relationship with an entirely different cobbles character.
A tweet sent from the official Coronation Street account on Thursday read: "Welcome, the newest member of the team, Frank Bardsley, played by Simon O'Brien! "Could love be in the air for a lucky someone on The Street?" According to Digital Spy, Simon started filming his new scenes around two months ago.
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