From Kimberley Walsh to Orlando Bloom - here's who was set to play your favourite soap character
ok.co.ukIt's hard to imagine your favourite soap star played by anyone else. By now you will have got used to their ways of talking, acting and have them fully integrated into that character's way of life - but imagine if someone else had bagged the role instead?
Whether it be on the Square or the cobbles, Stacey Slater played by Lacey Turner and Sarah Platt played by Tina O'Brien just makes sense.
But as it turns out, other actors were actually set to take on some of the most iconic soap roles. OK! takes a look at the popular soap characters who were nearly played by someone completely different, or who auditioned for a different character that you see on-screen...
Brendan Brady - Hollyoaks Surely no-one could play Hollyoaks bad boy Brendan Brady as spot-on as Emmett J Scanlan, but hilariously he originally auditioned for the part of Father Keiron.The only reason he didn't get it was because producers wanted him to ditch his accent.
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