Two soap legends reunite in popular TV drama – and are soon kissing

Soap favourites Matthew Wolfenden and Ross Adams person locked lips successful caller roles pursuing their Emmerdale and Hollyoaks fame.

Matthew, 44, discontinue the ITV amusement successful 2023 aft 17 years of playing David Metcalfe, and has precocious finished a stint successful Sunderland Empire’s Jack and the Beanstalk.

Channel 4 prima Ross played Scott Drinkwell for 9 years earlier helium was written retired past year. The determination came arsenic a effect of cost-cutting crossed Hollyoaks’ accumulation institution Lime Pictures.

At the clip he told Metro: ‘If I’m 100% honest, with the quality that we got precocious astir america going down to 3 episodes, it felt similar possibly it was the propulsion I needed to commencement and deliberation astir thing else.

‘I americium terrified, I truly am, but it was 1 of those moments wherever I thought “it’s present oregon never” truthful I’m going to springiness it a try.’

Now the brace are increasing person arsenic they look successful Channel 5 play The Good Ship Murder.

The bid follows cabaret vocalist Jack Grayling – played by Shayne Ward – who uses his skills arsenic a erstwhile detective connected a luxury cruise liner erstwhile a rider is recovered murdered connected board.

It’s a existent soapy matter – Corrie’s Catherine Tyldesley plays the ship’s First Officer Kate Woods.

They were joined alongside Brookside and Coronation Street fable Claire Sweeney successful the archetypal series, with Aggie Bailey histrion Lorna Laidlaw tipped to look successful the 2nd series, which is presently airing.

Catherine precocious admitted that she had been asked to reprise her erstwhile role, teasing ‘never accidental never’ to a comeback.

‘Coronation Street feels similar everlastingly ago, but I ever look backmost with specified large fondness’ she told Prima magazine.

‘They’ve asked maine to spell backmost a mates of times implicit the years, and it conscionable truthful happened that I was engaged with different projects.

‘But if they approached maine with an astonishing storyline and the clip was right, of course, I’d spell back.’

In a trailer, Matthew’s impermanent quality tin beryllium seen kissing Colin Smallwood, played by Ross.

Their engagement successful the bid was revealed past twelvemonth erstwhile they were spotted filming successful Malta.

The Good Ship Murder is Matthew’s archetypal large surface relation since leaving the Dales, though he’s besides tipped to look in the adjacent bid of Celebrity Antiques Roadshow, which spot celebs squad up to effort and marque nett connected antiques.

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