A new face in Coronation Street has been written out of another soap after securing his ITV role.
James Cartwright has been cast as Theo in the show, who will become Todd Grimshaw’s (Gareth Pierce) new love interest.
The actor, who is 40, is best known for playing Nathan Jones in CBBC’s The Story of Tracy Beaker, and PS Harrison Burns in the Radio 4 soap The Archers.
While James said a permanent goodbye to his role as Nathan way back in 2004, his farewell to Harrison Burns is a more temporary one, as the star has confirmed what his character will get up to while he’s working on the cobbles.
‘I am a Lancashire man, and the writers sent my character on secondment to Yorkshire, which I think they thought was hilarious!’, he told the Mirror.
‘I am currently on a special mission with the ability to pop back from time to time and check in’, James confirmed.
‘What an honour in an actor’s life it is to be a part of two seminal institutions – Corrie and The Archers.’
Gareth Pierce, James’ co-star, is also known for his role in The Arches. Over Christmas last year, the star returned to the show as Gavin Moss, meaning he was also in two soaps at the same time.
James’ first scenes as Theo will see him working in Weatherfield as a scaffolder. He will catch Todd’s attention due to an interaction with Julie Carp (Katy Cavanagh).
In the week, Todd updates Julie on the situation with Theo, but reckons he isn’t interested.
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Julie decides to hatch a plan and gets Theo over by claiming that they’ve got a leaky roof. At Number 11, Theo finds Todd alone and realises that he’s been set up. He spells out to Todd that he’s not gay, and would appreciate it if he’d leave him well alone.
Todd respects Theo’s comments and later, they have a drink and start to get to know each other.
After enjoying time with his new pal, Todd heads home and opens a dating app. He flirts with a guy on there and when he eventually sends a picture, Todd is thrilled to see that it’s Theo.
