Matt Lucas was rejected by Coronation Street bosses when he asked for a role in the soap.
Matt Lucas was turned down by Coronation Street bosses after he asked to be in the soap
The 51-year-old actor and comedian – who has the hair loss disease alopecia – pitched a scene where his proposed character Teddy Pink goes into a hairdresser and sits down for a haircut, despite him having no hair.
However, the producers rejected his idea.
Chatting to his friend and fellow comic David Walliams, 53, on the latest episode of their Making a Scene podcast, Matt said: “I would like to be in Coronation Street because I feel like that’s the sort of funniest of the soaps.
“And I’ve always wanted to be – and I told the people of Corrie this years ago, they didn’t bite – someone that goes into the hairdresser and sits down and has a haircut, even though I have no hair.
“And I’ve always wanted to be called Teddy Pink.
“And I said, ‘I’ll be in Coronation Street as long as I’m called Teddy Pink.'”
Meanwhile, David wants to reprise his EastEnders character.
He is keen to make a shock return to Walford as Ray Collins – the fake registrar who performed Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) and Alfie Moon’s (Shane Richie) wedding in the Queen Victoria pub on Christmas Day in 2003.
David said: “I played a character in 2003 in EastEnders, marrying Kat and Alfie in the Queen Vic in front of all the characters.
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