December 29th 2023.
Legendary Coronation Street star Bill Roache has just hit a milestone - he's signed a contract to mark his 64th year on the show.
The 91-year-old actor has been a fixture on the ITV soap since its first episode in December 1960. His pay was believed to be a modest £70 a week then, but it's since risen dramatically.
The Sun claim that Bill's new contract is thought to be worth around £250,000. Bill was made an OBE for services to drama and charity by King Charles last year, and in an interview with The Mirror he said that his aim is to be the first centenarian still cast in an ongoing drama.
The actor has no plans to leave the soap anytime soon, and he recently decided to take a huge step outside his comfort zone by going skydiving for the first time in his life.
The sequence was pre-recorded for Lorraine, and it showed Bill opening to the camera about why he was undertaking the challenge. With Lenny Kravitz's Fly Away playing in the background, Bill zipped himself up in his blue and yellow suit and put on a harness.
He joked that he'd be jumping out of an aeroplane ‘hopefully with a parachute on’ and an instructor with him, and admitted that his feelings were ‘all over the place’. He said he's heard other people who have gone skydiving say that it’s ‘the best thing they’ve ever done in their life’, and added that he was sure he’d be joining them.
Bill Roache and Coronation Street have yet to comment on the new contract. We can't wait to see what surprises this iconic soap star has in store for us next!
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