New Todd Grimshaw actor, Gareth Pierce, has opened up about what was like to play the "battle harned" gay Coronatn Street character.
Contents:
- CORONATN STREET'S FIVE GAY CHARACTERS 'NOT A HUGE AMOUNT', SAYS CHARLIE CONDOU
- CORRIE'S DANIEL BROCKLEBANK SAYS G OUT AS GAY KILLED HIS HOLLYWOOD REER
- CORRIE SET FOR FIRST EVER GAY WEDDG AS PL AND TODD FIGHT FOR BILLY'S AFFECTN
- CORONATN STREET’S NEW TODD GRIMSHAW TEAS HIS ‘BATTLE-HARNED’ TAKE ON THE HISTORIC GAY CHARACTER
- CORONATN STREET'S TODD AND MARC' GAY KISS WILL NOT BE VTIGATED BY OF
- BILLY AND TODD BEE THE STREET'S FIRST GAY PARENTS: 'CORRIE HAS ALWAYS MOVED WH THE TIM!'
CORONATN STREET'S FIVE GAY CHARACTERS 'NOT A HUGE AMOUNT', SAYS CHARLIE CONDOU
Coronatn Street star Peter Ash has a close relative who was Waterloo Road and has prevly h back at cricism for playg gay character Pl Foreman * is todd in corrie really gay *
Todd Grimshaw was a nfed teen when he filmed Coronatn Street’s first ever gay kiss. Todd beme the show’s first regular gay character and his g out storyle was creded wh brgg the show to the 21st century. Had they got married however, would have end disaster bee Ted was gay.
Marc was gay then straight then gay aga (Cred: YouTube/ITV). Marc then started a relatnship wh Maria Connor, but Todd Grimshaw was termed to prove Marc was still gay and sced him.
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CORRIE'S DANIEL BROCKLEBANK SAYS G OUT AS GAY KILLED HIS HOLLYWOOD REER
Coronatn Street actor Daniel Brocklebank, 41, is bt known for his role as Weatherfield's first gay vir, tryg to rebuild his life after a dark past of crime but he's ma headl off screen too * is todd in corrie really gay *
"I’m not beg woke about this… but I feel strongly that if I st someone a story, I am stg them to act as a lover, or an enemy, or someone on dgs or a crimal or a sat… they are not there to 'act gay' bee 'actg gay' is a bunch of s for a performance, " he told Rad Tim. Former Coronatn Street actor Charlie Condou has weled the number of gay characters on the actor, 44, ma a dramatic ex om the show when his midwife character Marc Dent fell love wh Todd Grimshaw, played by Bno Langley, three years ago. Charlie Condou (Ian Wt/PA)Asked by Good Morng Bra -host Piers Man about havg five gay characters on the show, Charlie said: “A few years ago even, there would have only been your token gay character, jt like there was probably your token black character and I thk we have moved on om that.
CORRIE SET FOR FIRST EVER GAY WEDDG AS PL AND TODD FIGHT FOR BILLY'S AFFECTN
Coronatn Street is lg up s first ever gay weddg s 60-year history * is todd in corrie really gay *
“There have always been gay parents, but people tend to be more open about the days. Coronatn Street actor Daniel Brocklebank, 41, is bt known for his role as Weatherfield's first gay vir, tryg to rebuild his life after a dark past of crime but he's ma headl off screen tooVio LoadgVio UnavailableKate Garraway Acc Corrie Star Daniel Brocklebank Of Lettg Slip About StoryleCorrie's loveable but troubled Billy Mayhew ma history on the bbl 2014 when he beme the soap's first gay vir. " The hunk who won Mr Gay World and was twice crowned champ of Mr Gay UK seemed equally fatuated wh Daniel and upload a snap of the pair.
” Homophobic abe onle After Corrie boss wrote a heart warmg gay adoptn storyle for Daniel's character, Billy Mayhew, the veteran actor spoke out about his fear of a backlash. Openg up about his experience sce g out as gay when he was 18, he said: “Bee I’ve been out profsnally sce I was 18, I’ve been aware that I was overlooked for rol bee producers knew I was gay, and I’ve had to put up wh homophobic abe on social media. " He also reflected on some harrowg experienc growg up knowg he was gay the eighti.
Dog-lover Daniel said was tough growg up knowg he was gay the 80s. He said: "When I was growg up, the legal age of nsent was still 21 and was illegal for teachers to discs homosexualy schools.
CORONATN STREET’S NEW TODD GRIMSHAW TEAS HIS ‘BATTLE-HARNED’ TAKE ON THE HISTORIC GAY CHARACTER
* is todd in corrie really gay *
"I lived a ral area, there was no ter and there were no gay role mols on TV. "It was the 1980s – all you read was gays were spreadg Aids and gays were paedophil. Now, he hop by playg a gay character on a prime time soap, he n speak to children om the LGBT+ muny who might be lookg for role mols.
"When I was 14 I thought I was maybe the only person the world who was gay. Daniel Brocklebank has worked alongsi screen giants such as Meryl Streep, Dt Hoffman and Helena Bonham Carter and is now a TV favoure playg gay vir Billy Mayhew on Coronatn Street where he recently met the Queen on set. “I stopped beg screen-tted for the heterosexual male leads and I was eher the gay bt iend or the character parts.
” He may have end up playg gay vir Billy, whose plited love life crashg down this week, but he has no regrets and uld not be happier. He realised he was gay at 13 and me out to his fay two years later. Daniel plays gay vir Billy Mayhew on Coronatn Street.
CORONATN STREET'S TODD AND MARC' GAY KISS WILL NOT BE VTIGATED BY OF
He says: “One of the reasons I cid to e out publicly was bee of the lack of gay role mols when I was growg up. Now ’s credibly fashnable to be gay and I like to thk I was a small way part of that movement to get the ball rollg. Daniel also received some homophobic abe on Twter but, thankfully, that has now stopped.
“I remember a woman said all the gay kissg Corrie had put her off her sserole. Doug revealed to his parents that he was gay and a relatnship wh Ste Hay. Coronatn Street is lg up s first ever gay weddg s 60-year historyVio LoadgVio UnavailableCORRIE VIEWERS FURIOUS AT TODD’S BIZARRE HABIT AS HE HIDES OUT AT EILEEN’S HOUSECoronatn Street boss are lg up the first gay weddg the show's 60-year history – after three prev attempts all end failure.
Actor Daniel told the Mirror: “From my perspective, I would love to be part of Corrie's first male gay weddg. Daniel would love to be part of the soap's first gay weddg. “It would be lovely, as a gay man myself, to be part of the first gay weddg on Corrie that actually happens!
BILLY AND TODD BEE THE STREET'S FIRST GAY PARENTS: 'CORRIE HAS ALWAYS MOVED WH THE TIM!'
” But he said his character would be terribly torn by the fact that he uldn't have a relig ceremony, bee gay marriag are not permted to take place a church. New Todd Grimshaw actor, Gareth Pierce, has opened up about what was like to play the “battle harned” gay Coronatn Street character.
Pierce will make his Coronatn Street on Friday (October 9) as Todd, who beme the show’s first ever gay character when he was first troduced 2001. Speakg urt at the time, Langley’s solicor claimed that the strs of playg a gay character on Coronatn Street had ntributed to his cisn to sexually asslt two women.
Followg an affair wh nurse Karl Foster, he me out as gay, breakg Sarah's heart as she was pregnant wh their son Billy Platt - who sadly died after his premature birth - so Todd left to build a life for himself London. But he began to velop feelgs for a gay nurse Karl Foster, and they embarked a relatnship and slept wh each other Sarah's bed. Todd was the first gay character Coronatn Street, and him kissg Nick Tilsley was the first ever gay kiss on the show; even though Nick was obliv about sce he was asleep when happened.