Sarah Harding is currently getting ready to make her ‘Coronation Street’ debut, and ahead of it, she’s made a surprising admission.
While most actors have to audition for the role, Sarah’s claiming she didn’t need to - as the ‘Corrie’ team just went on YouTube instead.
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“The producers know that I love the show. I do charity work with them and, at an event, they could tell I was a fan as I was going mental at the cast.
“I didn’t have to do an audition – they YouTubed me and saw what I did, so I was lucky. And it might just turn out to be a longer stint. Watch this space.”
The former 'Girls Aloud' star is set to star in just a handful of 'Corrie' episodes , but if she's a hit with fans her stay in Weatherfield could be extended.
It's believed that she'll arrive on the Street with Robert Preston , Tracy Barlow's ex-husband.
While the whole process has been wonderfully easy for Sarah, other budding stars don’t have this luxury… like Shayne Ward .
He’s also a life-long ‘Corrie’ fan, but when he fancied treading t’cobbles, he had to audition like errm , the rest of us.
Sadly, Shayne’s been kept waiting by bosses and as far as we know, he hasn’t had a call back (yet - but fingers crossed, eh?).
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