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It came aft helium reunited with a Brookside co-star connected the Hollyoaks set
- Beth Allcock, Freelance Showbiz Reporter
- Published: 10:10, 22 Sep 2024
- Updated: 10:10, 22 Sep 2024
BROOKSIDE fable Louis Emerick has slammed the "stigma" surrounding soaps.
The telly prima - who besides has featured successful rival shows Hollyoaks, Doctors and Coronation Street - insisted soap actors crossed the committee are "underestimated."
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Louis, 64, who looked unrecognisable arsenic helium returned to the Hollyoaks acceptable this twelvemonth - has spoken retired to support his trade.
The actor, who played Mick Johnson for 223 episodes of Brookside's history, hasn't held backmost successful his views.
Louis, who starred successful the Liverpool soap betwixt 1989 and 2001, bluntly told the The Daily Star Sunday: "Soap actors are underestimated.
"There is inactive a stigma astir them.
"But immoderate of the scenes you get connected soap wouldn’t look retired of spot connected a drama.
"Look astatine the worldly they are doing now.
"If immoderate of those storylines were connected a drama, radical would beryllium saying, ‘That’s fantastic’.
"But due to the fact that they’re connected soaps, radical don’t marque capable of a fuss."
He past insisted: "When soaps bash things well, it’s arsenic bully and arsenic almighty and arsenic applicable arsenic thing that’s connected different shows.
"I mean, erstwhile I was astatine Brookside we had Sue Johnstone and Ricky Tomlinson successful the cast.
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"It doesn’t get amended than that."
Louis opened up connected a vocation which astir precocious saw him play Donny Clark successful Hollyoaks.
He has besides taken connected the roles of some Mike Thornberry and a van antheral successful Coronation Street arsenic good arsenic 2 abstracted characters successful Doctors.
Soap characters who've been recast
Soap operas are staple viewing for galore people, but adjacent immoderate of the astir celebrated characters person been played by antithetic actors. Here are immoderate examples from implicit the years.
- Tracy Barlow: Kate Ford took connected the relation of Corrie fable Tracy Barlow successful 2002. Before Kate, 3 different actresses had played Tracy - astir notably Dawn Acton from 1988 to 1999.
- Nick Tilsley: Ben Price has been playing Gail's oldest kid successful 2009, but the erstwhile Footballers' Wives prima is the 3rd histrion to instrumentality connected the part.
- Sarah Platt: Although Tina O'Brien debuted arsenic Sarah Platt successful 1999, she is the 3rd histrion who has played the iconic relation of Sarah Platt.
- David Platt: Completing the line-up of Gail's children, David was initially played by Thomas Ormson for a decennary earlier Jack P. Shepherd took over.
- Daniel Osbourne: For astir a decade, the relation of Ken Barlow's lad Daniel has been portrayed by histrion Rob Mallard. Before Rob joined, 2 different actors had antecedently played Daniel.
- Bethany Platt: Fans cognize Lucy Fallon arsenic Bethany nowadays but earlier her, 3 different actresses had stepped into the character's shoes.
- Kirk Sutherland: Before Andy Whyment took connected the relation of Kirk, helium played by an uncredited histrion successful his precise archetypal appearance.
- Todd Grimshaw: Gareth Pierce stepped into the relation of Todd backmost successful 2020, becoming the 2nd performer to play this part.
- Summer Spellman: Harriet Bibby became the 2nd histrion to play Summer, taking implicit the relation from Matilda Freeman successful 2020.
- Ryan Connor: Ryan Prescott presently plays the long-running character, but Ben Thompson and Sol Heras had earlier portrayed the role.
- Martin Fowler: Although Martin was the archetypal babe calved on-screen successful EastEnders, helium hasn't ever been played by the aforesaid person. His existent portrayer, James Bye, is the 3rd histrion to prima arsenic the character.
- Peter Beale: Seven actors person portrayed Ian Beale's elder son, with the existent actor, Thomas Law, successful his 2nd stint arsenic the character.
- Ben Mitchell: Ben has been played by a full of six actors - with Max Bowden bowing retired of the relation successful March 2024.
- Bobby Beale: Before Clay Milner Russell, Ian's younger lad had been played by 4 different actors.
- Freddie Slater: Bobby's champion mate, Freddie Slater, had been antecedently played by twins Alex and Tom Kilby earlier Bobby Brazier took implicit successful 2022.
- Chelsea Fox: Former Coronation Street histrion Zaraah Abrahams took implicit the relation of Chelsea successful 2020. The quality had been archetypal played by Tiana Benjamin from 2006 to 2010.
- Lauren Branning: Jacqueline Jossa took connected the relation of Lauren successful 2010, succeeding Madeline Duggan who'd played her from 2006 to 2010.
- Johnny Carter: Johnny has been played by 3 actors since debuting successful 2013 - astir recently, Charlie Suff has taken connected the role.
Taking of his aboriginal vocation projects, helium added to the publication: "I privation to find thing that keeps the originative juices flowing and makes maine privation to spell to enactment successful the morning.
"Soaps tick that container and I’ve been fortunate to beryllium successful truthful galore of them."
Earlier this year, Louis reunited with his Brookside champion mate Michael Starke.
As they changeable their archetypal country unneurotic for the soap successful April, Louis took a photograph to people the moment.
In the snapshot, he planted a playful buss connected Michael's head, while Michael grinned from receptor to ear.
Michael portrayed Thomas 'Sinbad' Sweeney successful Brookside, earlier the amusement was cancelled successful 2003.
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