Emmerdale's longest-standing actors - but he made a poor first impression during his audition.Actress Deena Payne, who played the iconic Viv Hope for 18 years, admitted she found him "creepy" when he tried out for the role of Bob Hope.When pressed for her opinion, Deena, 66, suggested casting bosses ought to go with another actor.Speaking to Soap on the Box podcast, the legendary soap star recalled: "The truth being there were six people auditioning for Bob and the producer came up to me and said, ‘look did you have any feelings about any them?'"And I said, ‘Look just not number six because he was really creepy'.
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