Coronation Street's Louis Emerick furiously hits out at 'stigma' around soap actors

Brookside and Coronation Street histrion Louis Emerick has revealed his thoughts connected the 'stigma' surrounding actors who look successful telly soap operas

Louis Emerick thinks determination is simply a "stigma" surrounding soap actors.

The 64-year-old prima made his sanction playing Mick Johnson connected Channel 4's now-defunct serial Brookside and went connected to look successful the likes of Coronation Street and Doctors implicit the years but has deed retired astatine critics of the genre arsenic helium claimed that continuing dramas bash not ever get the praise they deserve.

He told The Daily Star Sunday newspaper: "Soap actors are underestimated. There is inactive a stigma. But immoderate of the scenes you get connected a 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 fuss."

The erstwhile 'Last of the Summer Wine' prima worked alongside esteemed performers Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston - who would aboriginal spell connected to look arsenic Jim and Barbara Royle successful the BBC sitcom 'The Royle Family' - connected 'Brookside' and insisted that things "don't get better" than that benignant of talent.

He said: "When soaps bash things good it's arsenic bully and arsenic almighty and arsenic applicable arsenic thing that's connected different shows. When I was astatine 'Brookside' we had Sue Johnston and Ricky Tomlinson successful the cast. It doesn't get amended than that." Louis has besides appeared successful 'Casualty' and 'Holby City' implicit the years and believes that the lone 2 helium has yet to conquer are ITV's Yorkshire-based Emmerdale and the BBC flagship EastEnders.

He said: "I deliberation the lone soaps I haven't been successful are Emmerdale and EastEnders. Being successful truthful galore of them isn't thing I planned. First and foremost I'm an histrion for hire. I privation to beryllium moving and I privation to beryllium successful thing that's good."

"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 capable to beryllium successful truthful galore of them." Louis has been starring arsenic Donny Clark connected Channel 4's Hollyoaks since April and helium admitted that helium was overjoyed astir the role.

Currently, his quality is astatine the centre of the enactment aft his quality projected to Misbah Maalik, played by Harvey Virdi. He said: "When you articulation a show, you wonderment however it's going to beryllium and if you're going to gel with everyone. But it's each been brilliant. It’s breathtaking to beryllium portion of the show. I've travel successful astatine the close clip and I'm moving with immoderate truly talented people."

Filming Hollyoaks means Louis is backmost successful his hometown, Liverpool, arsenic the soap is filmed successful Childwall. He said: "It's been much than 20 years since I near Brookside. Being backmost successful Liverpool feels similar I've travel afloat circle. There are immoderate radical down the camera who are inactive working."

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