Coronation Street after his on-screen son Oliver was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.Simon’s character Steve McDonald and Leanne Tilsley (played by Jane Danson) were informed about some tragic news last month in the soap when doctors said that the youngster would never be able to breathe unaided.The actor has now admitted he found it “upsetting” to film some of the scenes as a parent himself due to the heartbreaking storyline.When quizzed on how difficult it was to play the scenes, he divulged: “It depends how much you invest your own mind into it, luckily the scripts are so good you can read them and do the scenes like you really mean them. “There are some days when you’re giving it everything, you’re looking at this three year.
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