Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Corrie Andy: Bring me back or just kill me off
On-off actor’s dramatic wish
FORMER Coronation Street star Nicholas Cochrane says he is dying for his character to return to the show or be killed of for good.
Nicholas played Andy Mcdonald, brother of Steve and son of Liz and Jim, for eight years until 1997.
He has since come back for cameos at key moments, such as when Steve (played by Simon Gregson) got married.
But now he wants a full-time return with meaty stories or to
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Nicholas, 46, said: “It would be good if the boys got back in touch and Andy ends up back in Weatherfield.
“It would be good if Steve needed an organ [transplant] or there were some reason why one of us stays and one goes.
“That would be best for me ... it would be a good storyline.” While Nicholas regrets “not pushing my character further” in the past, he is no doubt soap fame comes with drawbacks.
Speaking on the Distinct Nostalgia podcast he said: “You find out where you can go and where you can’t, pretty quick.
“If you want people throwing beer at you and telling you you looked at their girlfriend wrong, you know where to go.
“If you don’t want that aggro, you go somewhere else. It is as simple as that.”