ITV Coronation Street's Colson Smith admits to soap wardrobe struggle before epic weight loss
18.04.2023 - 13:21
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Coronation Street star Colson Smith has revealed the truth behind his first scenes on the ITV soap during an appearance on This Morning. The actor, who plays Craig Tinker, appeared on the daytime sow alongside co-star Jack P Shepherd as the pair chatted about their podcast.
Away from the cobbles, Colson, Jack and Corrie's Nick Tilsley actor Ben Price host their own podcast, the Sofa Cinema Club, which they first launched in 2018 It hears, and sees, the trio set aside an evening to settle down on the sofa and watch a movie. After each movie night, the soap stars swap their sofas for the studio to discuss what they loved, hated and rated about the films.
And Jack, Colson, and Ben recently revealed they're taking their podcast to the stage once more following their sold-out live show last year. But while on This Morning, hosts Phillip Schofield and Rochelle Humes couldn't not ask the pair about Corrie and before speaking to the pair live on the show's famous sofa, they played a brief clip of the pairs time on the soap.
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Colson has played now-Weatherfield cop Craig in Corrie since 2011 but his completely unrecognisable now, especially since he started his weight loss journey a few years ago. And after seeing the clips of his debut alongside Lisa George, who plays mum Beth Sutherland, the 24-year-old admitted he'd had a bit of an issue in the wardrobe department on his first day.
After the cameras cut back to the ITV sofa, Phillip said with a laigh: "The things you learn when you play something like that," before adding: "What did you just say?" Colson then confessed: "In my audition, I couldn't chew chewing gum. I never knew how and I didn't know how to