Coronation Street star Antony Cotton was forced to call the police after he was hit by hundreds of vile messages. The actor, who plays Sean Tully, says screen legend Sir Ian McKellen helped him beat the vicious haters who penned “tens of thousands” of posts about him in online forums.He says the Lord of the Rings icon gave him “the best bit of advice” that he has ever received.Antony, who has been with his partner Peter Eccleston for 14 years, said: “This was before Twitter.“There was this hateful forum on a website that just used to go on and on and on about me.“I’m talking tens of thousands of messages from these vile trolls that would talk about me.“One day I got really upset.“The police had to be involved once because they were talking.
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