Coronation Street star shares snap with ‘main man’ who is an EastEnders legend

In a soap crossover we perfectly didn’t expect, Coronation Street’s Gareth Pierce has posted immoderate superb snaps with EastEnders’ Matt Di Angelo.

Gareth has played the relation of Todd Grimshaw successful the ITV soap since 2020. Initially backmost connected the cobbles arsenic a implicit troublemaker, Todd has somewhat mellowed successful caller years.

He has been progressive successful the almighty and affectional storyline involving Paul Foreman (Peter Ash), who was diagnosed with centrifugal neurone illness past year.

Within this, we besides saw Todd go funny successful Paul’s carer Moses (Michael Fatogun), but this sadly ne'er developed into a romance storyline for him, as Moses near Weatherfield for London.

Away from filming arsenic Todd, Gareth precocious enjoyed a travel to London with his bully mate Matt Di Angelo, of people champion known for playing Dean Wicks successful EastEnders.

Sharing a assortment of snaps from the trip, Gareth and Matt tin beryllium seen successful 2 of the pictures smiling and laughing.

Captioning the post, Gareth wrote: ‘Todd Grimshaw & Dean Wicks successful the Big City. Lots of laughter with the main antheral @mattdiangelo Tacos & pinkish gin successful a religion @mercatometropolitano & a travel to spot Steve Coogan successful @drstrangelovehq.’

Matt’s clip successful EastEnders arsenic Dean Wicks came to an extremity again successful September. Dean was wrongly arrested for the execution of Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters) aft The Six managed to successfully framework him.

In the last week of his episodes, we saw his execution trial fall isolated after he yet admitted to raping Linda, throwing her mendacious grounds that she’d seen him dragging Keanu’s assemblage into the café connected Christmas nighttime into doubt. 

As good arsenic the revelation that the quality is present down bars, a station connected EastEnders’ authoritative Instagram relationship aboriginal confirmed his past scenes person present aired. 

‘Farewell to the marvellous Matt Di Angelo AKA devious Dean Wicks. From each the formed and unit astatine EastEnders… convey you, you’ll beryllium missed!’ the station read. 

It was accompanied by a video of Matt’s past time of filming, successful which the formed and unit bid him farewell. 

Executive shaper Chris Clenshaw was besides seen giving a code that besides hinted astatine Dean’s future. 

He began: ‘I conscionable wanted to accidental a immense convey you to Matt for giving america 1 of the astir vile characters, 1 of the astir hated characters successful Britain and connected British TV. Thank you for coming backmost and playing retired this adjacent section of Dean’s story.’

Chris past teased: ‘Even though I deliberation Dean’s yet got his comeuppance, I person a unusual feeling that this won’t beryllium the past we ever spot of Dean, oregon successful information you. 

‘And convey you for being a joyousness to enactment with and for taking the quality successful specified bully spirit. We beryllium you a lot.’

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