Antony Cotton has signed a new Coronation Street deal to stick around on the cobbles.
The 44-year-old actor will continue to play Sean Tully until at least autumn next year after holding talks with bosses about his future and penning a new big-money cobbles contract.
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He told the Daily Star newspaper’s Hot TV column: “I had a meeting about my future. I didn’t sign up straightaway. You have to negotiate a little bit!
“It will be my 17th year. I’m so pleased because I love being on the show.”
The soap star – who is also a long-term supporter of the Armed Forces charity SSAFA – feels like he has “three families” because of his work life.
He explained: “I spend more time with my Corrie family than I do with my real one.”
He went on to reveal how “lucky” he is to have his real family, his Corrie family and his military family.
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