Have you been missing Will Mellor in Coronation Street over the last few months? The Strictly Come Dancing star has shared why he won’t be returning to the ITV soap anytime soon. Will played the role of villain Harvey Gaskell earlier this year between January and March to be part of a storyline that included his on-screen brother Damon Hay (Ciarán Griffiths). The Two Pints of Lager favourite first came to Weatherfield playing the character of Harvey in October 2021 during a week-long “Horror-Nation Street” special on ITV1.
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com/eJqeRkNbbW — Coronation Street (@itvcorrie) August 24, 2024 Harvey had been introduced to Corrie fans earlier that year before he killed Natasha Blakeman (Rachel Leskovac) due to mistaken identity in a Halloween costume. But after he was sent to prison (which he had escaped from before the murder), Harvey was visited by Natasha's son Sam Blakeman (Jude Riordan) in 2022. 'I think I've done everything I need to do with it' However, now speaking to The Mirror , the 48-year-old has opened up about coming back to the programme in the future.
He shared: “I don't like to overdo things and when I first played Harvey it was going in for [the special]. And I thought that was gonna be the end. "[Then] they said 'we want him to come back for a bit' so I looked at the storyli.