Ex-Coronation Street actor Kevin Kennedy, 61, on his new stage show, playing bass with Johnny Marr, rock star dreams and alcohol addiction: ‘They sent me to rehab.
That was a massive boost – it gave me a sense of self-worth. ’No, I get to do all the things on stage that I can’t do any more.
It’s an actor’s job to bring past experiences to a role if they can. There are certainly aspects of that with this character but it’s make-believe.
What you see on the stage are pretty much the fun bits. You don’t see the chaos that addiction can bring and quite rightly so, because Rock Of Ages isn’t that kind of show.
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