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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'. And that was Tony."Anyway bless him, not that anyone told him and he got the job.

EMMERDALE legend Deena Payne has admitted she asked bosses not to cast Tony Audenshaw as Bob Hope because she found him "creepy" in the audition. The actress played village legend Viv Hope for 18 years on the ITV soap before she was axed in 2011.

For  a man of a certain age, stripping off in front of millions of fans might be a daunting prospect.

Emmerdale star Tony Audenshaw says his bed-hopping Bob Hope character is based on John Travolta.The actor, 56, said smooth-talking Bob is the small screen version of the Saturday Night Fever, Grease and Pulp Fiction hunk.Tony said: “The role was first described as a bit of a Jack the lad and a real smooth-talker.“He’s a happy chap – and you don’t really get many characters who smile a lot in television dramas.“I had it in my mind that Travolta is very smiley – in Grease, for example – andthat is quite an engaging feature. So I thought I’d add that early on.

Emmerdale star Tony Audenshaw, 55, has revealed why the ITV soap will look “different” to viewers this week due to restrictions which have been implemented because of the coronavirus pandemic.The cast and crew have now returned to film on set, but have to adhere to social distancing guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus.However, Tony explained during an interview with Lorraine Kelly on Good Morning Britain today that some upcoming episodes of the show were filmed before the COVID-19 outbreak, which means the actors were able to get closer to one another during scenes.The star divulged: “People will be hugging and kissing this week because some were filmed before lockdown.”Now the restrictions are in place, the Bob Hope star went on

EMMERDALE's Tony Audenshaw has revealed behind the scenes secrets as the cast return to film the ITV soap in lockdown. Tony, 55, spoke to Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford on This Morning today and dished on their new ways of working in the wake of coronavirus.

Emmerdale actor Tony Audenshaw looked unrecognisable as he appeared on today's episode of This Morning.