A Coronation Street actor got down on his knees and begged for his job back when bosses told him he was facing the sack, it has been reported.
The unnamed male actor is said to have "sobbed hysterically" and was able to win bosses back over and have his contract extended, said author and celebrity agent Melanie Blake.
Melanie revealed a scene from her book Ruthless Women where a male soap star is sacked from fictional soap Falcon Bay, was based on a real situation she knows off.
She told Digital Spy : "That's actually a true story. There's an actor on Coronation Street right now that literally begged a female producer. "It was so awful that she actually ended up not firing him – and he's still in the show to this day. "It's funny because I
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