Ex-Corrie badboy takes on role of acting legend

HE'S USED to playing villains in his lengthy career, with a bad boy role in Coronation Street and more recently in smash hit drama Slow Horses.

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But now Manchester actor Sean Cernow is preparing to embody a bona fide Hollywood legend.

Sean, who played dodgy Tony in tense scenes with Ed Bailey in Corrie in 2023, will take centre stage this month to star as iconic Welsh actor Richard Burton.

He will star in a new production of acclaimed drama Playing Burton written by Mark Jenkins at Salford's King’s Arms in November.

The play is an exploration of the life of the legendary Welsh actor who rose to Hollywood stardom in the 1950s and 60s in hit films like Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and Cleopatra.

Burton's life off screen became just as fascinating to the public thanks to his on-off relationship with fellow film icon Elizabeth Taylor, marrying her twice, as well as his well-documented battles with alcohol.

Oldham actor Sean is relishing the chance to take on the role, and has shared videos from rehearsals in character, puffing on a cigar as Burton.