I'M A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here's Simon Gregson was forced to change his name after netting his role in Coronation Street.
Simon landed the part of Steve McDonald in 1989 when he was just 15 and he has played the hapless character ever since. The budding actor knew he would be able to join the British Actors' Equity Association - now called Equity - when he was 16, but there was just one snag.
Simon, 47, was born Simon Alan Gregory, however there was already someone registered with that name. This meant Simon had to give himself a stage name, so he chose to switch his surname to Gregson rather than Gregory.
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