Coronation Street star Charlie Condou has revealed he worked as a waiter after quitting the soap.
The actor played Marcus Dent in the ITV soap before quitting to be closer to his children in London.
And he has now revealed as a jobbing actor that he took a job working in a restaurant to put food on the table.
He told the Sunday People how after leaving the soap he had a successful run of work in the theatre and on television before hitting hard times.
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He decided instead to go and work in a friend’s restaurant as a waiter in order to pay his bills.
Now starring in Holby City as a new surgeon, Charlie also said he was constantly recognised from the soap while working in the restaurant.
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