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Ashley Peacock star 'begged Corrie bosses to be killed off' so he couldn't return
Coronation Street Ashley Peacock star Steven Arnold has revealed that he 'begged soap bosses to be killed off' ahead of his soap exit.The character was famously killed in the ITV show's tram crash storyline, which aired in 2010 in honour of its 50th anniversary. Steven appeared on Friday's Loose Women alongside his former co-star Julia Haworth, who played his onscreen wife Claire when he was asked about his feelings on his soap exit.In response, Steven confirmed he "was fine with it" and said: "I think Ashley had been on such a long journey and done so many storylines and I always said, if I wanted to leave, I never wanted to leave in the back of a taxi.
