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HAIR AND MAKE-UP BY CAROLINE MENKESWhat will you do differently with baby
number two?
Mikey: She’s not coming in our bed!
Rachael: And she’ll have day naps in her bed.
We still have to drive Archie around to get him
to sleep, which is ridiculous. But apart from that,
he’s turned out alright [laughs].
You’re long-listed for Best Actor, Best Bad
Boy and Shock Twist at the Inside Soap
Awards. How does it feel to be recognised?
Mikey: I didn’t know that until you told me, but
that’s great! I’ve put a shift in at Corrie for the
past six months, so it’s great to hear. It’s nice to
be nominated in so many categories. The last
two years have been brilliant.
Rachael: He’s worked so hard so it’s lovely for
him to get recognition.
Some of your recent scenes with Tina O’Brien,
who plays Sarah Platt, have been very
aggressive. Is it difficult to get into that space?
Mikey: Tina’s really turned my time around at
Corrie. Things were going a bit sideways for
me, but when our characters got put together, I
started enjoying it more than ever. I feel like I’m
stretching myself as an actor again. This year’s
been the highlight of my time there. But when
we had to do break-up scenes and I threw her
around the room a little bit, it wasn’t easy. The
tears were real. I give her a lot of credit too.
Rachael: [To Mikey] You were quite traumatised,
weren’t you?
Are there downsides to playing a bad boy?
Oh, I love it! When I first started, people would
shout at me in the street but that died down.
Now it’s back again! I was asked to introduce a
band on stage at a gig in Manchester recently,
and I got booed [laughs]! You almost take it a
bit to heart. But wait until you see what happens
to Gary in the next six months! I want to punch
myself, never mind how everyone else feels.
Are you planning on sticking around on the
cobbles for the foreseeable future?
I hope so! I’ve never enjoyed it so much
there. I’m just happy with this storyline. Gary’s
committing crimes, so who knows where it could
go? I’m up for anything! He’s learned from the
best – Pat Phelan [Connor McIntyre]!
Does Archie realise that you’re on TV yet?
Yeah! If you say to Archie: ‘Do Gary from Corrie,’
he gets angry and starts hitting things! I took him
to the set the other day, and we saw Gary’s van
parked outside the yard. I said: ‘Be Gary!’ He goes
up to the van and starts hitting it because that’s
what he saw Gary do. He’s an actor in the making!
Rachael: He’s only seen clips but he understands
that Daddy goes to work and he’s Gary!
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