Paul Danan was cast in huge Hollywood film in rare admission weeks before death

Paul Danan was champion known for his roles successful world shows and the iconic soap Hollyoaks - but helium erstwhile landed a relation successful a large Hollywood movie lone to beryllium dropped

Paul Danan revealed that helium erstwhile mislaid a relation successful a immense Hollywood movie - sharing the quality weeks earlier his abrupt decease past month.

The erstwhile Hollyoaks star tragically died aft reportedly falling and hitting his caput astatine a spot successful Bristol - and was conscionable 46 astatine the clip of death. The prima was champion known for his relation arsenic Sol Patrick successful Hollyoaks from 1997 to 2001, and for appearing connected Celebrity Big Brother and the archetypal ever play of Love Island successful 2005, backmost erstwhile it was a amusement populated by celebrities.

He battled assorted addictions implicit the years, including intoxicant and cocaine addiction, and adjacent claimed to person spent implicit £1 cardinal seeking assistance done rehab programs arsenic helium battled to power his demons. He had continued to enactment some successful world projects and successful acting roles since his surface debut successful 1997.

Later this year, helium volition look posthumously arsenic a quality named Brian successful a execution enigma called Bloody Love. And portion the histrion appeared successful a wide scope of shows implicit the decades, helium claimed helium was erstwhile formed successful a monolithic Hollywood task earlier helium was dropped from the cast.

Paul spoke to the Outlet Ten Discussions Podcast, wherever helium said helium was formed successful the 2003 movie Cheaper by the Dozen. He said, per the Daily Mail: "I got this Steve Martin film, called Cheaper by the Dozen - I was going to play the fellow of the daughter, they gave maine the part, but past the manager bumped into Ashton Kutcher.

"He'd conscionable done Just Married with Brittany Murphy and helium [director] said, 'Oh, I've got this English guy, but if you privation to bash it, Ashton, you can?' And helium [Ashton] went, 'Yeah, man, I'll bash you a favour.' And they phoned maine and they said, 'Paul we're truly sorry, we cognize we said that, you cognize we loved you, but it's Ashton Kutcher, for f**k's sake!'"

Podcast big Anne-Marie asked if helium believed everything happens for a reason, and Paul replied: "I mean, I don't cognize with that one. That was a hard one. I was meant to enactment with Steve Martin. My mum loved him, I phoned her and said, 'Guess f**ing what? I've done it!' You know?

"It did get maine down and retired determination there's a batch of drugs, there's a batch of partying, and there's a batch of gym and wellness and acceptable radical and everyone looks amazing, and I conscionable was connected my own. I didn't person anyone and I was truthful lonely and it was hard man." The afloat interrogation is owed to aerial connected Sunday 2 February.

Paul's decease was announced by Independent Creative PR past period - who revealed successful a statement: "It is with dense hearts that we stock the tragic quality of the passing of Paul Danan astatine conscionable 46 years old. Known for his tv presence, exceptional endowment and unwavering kindness, Paul was a beacon of airy to truthful many.

"His untimely departure volition permission irreplaceable voids successful the lives of each who knew him. During this hard time, we kindly petition respect and privateness for Paul's family, friends, and colleagues. No further comments volition beryllium made astatine this time."

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