Street star’s so ready for an ice break

CORONATION Street’s Antony Cotton can’t wait to swap walking the cobbles for Dancing on Ice.

The actor, who plays Sean Tully, admits appearing on the show will be a welcome break from the Weatherfield soap’s “institution”.

“I’ve been there 15 years, and a change is as good as a rest,” he says. “I love Coronation Street, it’s been really good to me.

“Ninety per cent of actors are out of work all the time. So it’s nothing but a pleasure to do.

“But Weatherfield is a community where mundane things happen as well as the rapes and murders that go on.

“It’s a routine and an institution. So doing something like Dancing on Ice gives you a different take on life. “You meet new people.” Antony, 42, has branched out before.

He was in I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2011 , coming fourth.

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