{"id":330476,"date":"2026-03-05T15:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/330476\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:21:09","slug":"hollyoaks-star-sparks-huge-mystery-over-replacing-coronation-street-actor-whos-still-in-the-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/330476\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollyoaks star sparks huge mystery over replacing Coronation Street actor \u2013 who’s still in the show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Hollyoaks<\/a> star Oliver Lee has claimed he was approached to replace an actor in Coronation Street<\/a>. Lee, who starred as Josh Jones in Hollyoaks: In the City, has also appeared in Waterloo Road<\/a> and Emmerdale<\/a> over the years.<\/p>\n

According to the actor, he almost stepped foot in Weatherfield, as he claimed he was poised to replace a star in the ITV soap, who fans think could have been Jack P Shepherd<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shepherd joined the show in 2000 as David Platt<\/a>, a role he has played continually since.<\/p>\n

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Speaking in a TikTok video<\/a>, Lee said: “I\u2019ve got a bit of gossip. So, a long time ago, I was asked to be in Corrie, but I never did it.<\/p>\n

“I was offered the role of a character who was being played at the time by somebody else.”<\/p>\n

“I was approached and asked if I\u2019d be interested in taking on this character,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Now, I have no idea why I was being asked,” Lee added, noting how he speculated the actor may have been leaving the show or had another job offer elsewhere. <\/p>\n

He went on to claim that he took the role, but he was then approached by Hollyoaks and decided to work with that soap instead.<\/p>\n

Lee said that he wouldn’t reveal who the actor was that he was poised to replace, as it “isn’t fair” on them, but fans reckon it was Shepherd. <\/p>\n

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Sharing the video on X, one user<\/a> wrote: “Interesting. David Platt was almost recast in the 2000s apparently. A different slant on a story I remember reading not so long ago on how the character was almost axed entirely.”<\/p>\n

Another posted<\/a>: “At An Audience with Coronation St, Jack said something similar about being told he was getting killed off but they liked a specific scene of his so much that they changed their mind and scrapped the storyline entirely.”<\/p>\n

Others, however, thought he was set to play Ryan Connor, a role formerly held by Ben Thompson from 2006 to 2010, Sol Heras from 2012 to 2013, and Ryan Prescott from 2018 onwards. <\/p>\n

Coronation Street airs on weeknights at 8.30pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read more Coronation Street spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

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