Coronation Street star Michael Le Vell ‘very similar’ to Kevin Webster

OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Coronation Street’ star Michael Le Vell says he and his character Kevin Webster are “very similar”.
The 57-year-old soap star admits some of his personality comes through in the role, which he has played since he was a teenager in 1983.
Michael said: “I think we’re both very similar. You can’t play a character for 40 years and some of your personality not come through.
“It’s not like you’re playing a different character every week.
“I’ve been Kevin Webster for nearly as long as I’ve been Michael Le Vell, because I started playing him so young. I was 18.”
Michael was originally cast for a short ‘Corrie’ stint – as paperboy Neil Grimshaw – and left to do a panto before casting director Judi Hayfield called him, wondering if he wanted to “come back”.
He said: “I had an audition and I got the job, which was for 12 episodes.
“So then I finished those 12 episodes, went off, did panto, then got a call saying ‘do you want to come back?’. And that was nearly 40 years ago now.”
Michael – who has participated in storylines ranging from affairs with Denise Welch’s character Natalie Horrocks and a divorce from Sally Dynevor’s alter-ego Sally Webster – admitted he would love to celebrate a milestone such as his 90th birthday while still working on the cobbles.
He added to the Daily Mirror newspaper: “You know what, it’s a nice thought.
“As long as you can keep remembering your lines and remembering where you work and getting there every day. That’s the thing with our job. You don’t have to retire when you’re 65 because they still want older characters.
“You don’t retire from acting, acting retires you. If your face doesn’t fit anymore, it doesn’t fit. It’s as simple as that. If my face still fits in 33 years’ time, I’ll be happy to be here still.”

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