CORRIE star Sean Wilson was axed two weeks ago but it was kept top secret — as it emerged that lawyers are involved. The actor’s shock departure from the soap was shrouded further in mystery yesterday after The Sun’s revelations . 5 Corrie star Sean Wilson was axed two weeks ago but it was kept top secret Credit: Coronation Street 5 Coronation Street legend Helen Worth is leaving as Gail after 50 years Credit: ITV 5 The Platts in 1990, with Sean seen as the most successful of Gail’s multiple marriages Credit: Rex We told on Saturday how Sean, 59 — who was returning as Martin Platt for his ex Gail’s huge exit storyline - had been chopped .
A source said: “ Sean’s actually been gone for a while. It all happened more than two weeks ago, but a lot of people around the set didn’t know. “ The Sun’s story was the first many knew about it so it’s been quite a shock and now a big talking point - even among current and past cast members.
"Whatever it is, there are lawyers involved because the very senior bosses at Coronation Street are not allowed to discuss it.” READ MORE ON SEAN WILSON PLOT THICKENS Inside Corrie's scrapped Martin Platt return plot after Sean Wilson axe COBBLES CRISIS Axed Corrie star Sean Wilson SLAMMED soap months before shock exit Cast and crew were mystified after Sean was summoned to ITV’s offices and never returned to set. Bosses have since only said he has “stepped down for personal reasons”.
All his scenes with actress Helen Worth , 73, who is leaving as Gail after 50 years, will now be rewritten. A source told The Sun on Sunday: “Never before has a departure been so sudden or secretive. He went to the boss’s office and didn’t return.
It has been a huge shock to everybody. Most read in Soaps BABY DADDY Hollyoaks' Jamie Lomas welcomes baby girl with fiancee and reveals adorable name COR BLIMEY! DS Swain makes shock discovery about Lauren Bolton’s disappearance in Corrie COBBLES CRISIS Axed Corrie star Sean Wilson SLAMMED soap months before shock exit CORRIE PLATT AXED Corrie crisis as bosses sensationally AXE Sean Wilson after crunch summit “And it is so sad after all these years that he isn’t going to be in Helen’s final scenes — it is something that she really wanted to happen. “And the writers spent months putting it together so it would be a blockbuster ending.
There will now be new scenes but nobody knows what they are.” Coronation Street legend breaks silence as he returns 19 years after quitting Sean first appeared as Martin in Corrie in 1985 but left 20 years later over a plot which involved his character seducing an underage girl. He said at the time: “I will act again – but never with Coronation Street.
They were very rude to me when I left. I would rather walk down any other street even if I had a nail in my shoe.” Sean then embarked on a cheesemaking career, launching his own company and writing recipe books.
He briefly reprised his role in 2018 for a handful of episodes as part of the David Platt male rape storyline and sources said at the time that “they must have bent over backwards to convince him. 'Stepped down' "Most stars leave quietly no matter how embittered they might feel about their exits. But Sean didn’t.
He pulled no punches about why he left and how he would never come back.” But he returned last month and had already filmed scenes, and had already recorded episodes with a large number of stars in the soap. Martin was due to whisk Gail off into the sunset.
Despite their ten-year union ending when nurse Martin had an affair, he is considered the most successful of Gail’s multiple marriages. Coronation Street’s executive producer Iain MacLeod has previously promised that the departure storyline will be “brilliant”. Read more on the Scottish Sun NAME SHAME 'I don't care' fumes Scots mum as she gets death threats over kids' unique names HELP MA BOABY Still Game returns in brand new format, fans are going to love it He said: “Gail won’t die.
It didn’t feel like killing her off would be right. Gail’s exit is a brilliant story.” Last night a Coronation Street spokeswoman said: “Sean Wilson has stepped down from filming for personal reasons.
” 5 Sean first appeared as Martin in Corrie in 1985 Credit: Rex 5 Sean left the show to embark on a cheesemaking career Credit: Alamy.
