Coronation Street's Bill Fellows almost played another ITV soap character as he reveals 'panic' when he started role

Coronation Street star Bill Fellows has revealed he could have played another character as he discussed his exit for the firs time. It was previously rumoured the actor would be leaving the ITV soap after three years of playing Stu Carpenter.

His first appearance came amid the huge hate crime storyline in which Nina Lucas was targetted by Corey Brent and his gang of mates alongside her boyfriend Seb Franklin, who was shockingly killed in a brutal beating.

And it was later, in October 2021, that Stu inadvertently saved the vital piece of evidence which showed that Corey was guilty of the murder of Seb months earlier in May that year.

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Kelly Neelan, who was imprisoned for Seb's death, later saw Stu on the streets and once she found a home back in Weatherfield, she went to Stu's rescue and he went on to find a home and a job on the street.

But since losing his granddaughter Eliza when she shipped out to Germany to live with her dad, life hasn’t been the same for Stu in Weatherfield, with him now turning his focus to helping Weatherfield High bully Mason Radcliffe turn his life around.

And it's in Monday night's (October 14) episode of Corrie that Stu decides bids an emotional farewell to Weatherfield. Having realised that his quest to try and mentor troubled teen Mason has put Yasmeen Nazir and her business at risk, chef Stu tells her he has decided to go and live permanently with his granddaughter in Germany.

In a new interview, asked how long he thought he'd be on the cobbles for when he started, Bill revealed: "When I first started it