Actor James Murray has shared his horrifying expertise enjoying Sandy the barman on Coronation Avenue and his determination to not return to the ITV cleaning soap.
James kick began his performing profession in Coronation Avenue (Picture: ITV)
James Murray has disclosed why he will not be returning to Coronation Avenue following simply three episodes. The actor revealed that he appeared in three episodes of the ITV cleaning soap while talking to Alan Titchmarsh on Love Your Weekend on Sunday (March 15). When invited to elucidate who he portrayed within the long-running serial drama, James instructed the ITV presenter he was Sandy the barman a few years in the past. He remarked: “I used to be Jack and Vera’s barman for about three episodes, it was a daunting expertise. “No good on the job! Fortunately, I believe I used to be contracted for 3 episodes, so I used to be out and in, nevertheless it was so horrifying as a result of Invoice Tarmey, who performed Jack, was an exquisite man.”
The actor appeared as Sandy within the ITV cleaning soap (Picture: ITV)
“You know the way these issues are filmed, it’s totally fast. It is like a sausage manufacturing facility! There’s not a lot time for artistic enter from the actors, let’s consider. You simply stand in your mark, say your line, and we transfer on.
“That was my first introduction into the world of performing, display screen performing. I walked into the Rovers, and I used to be completely petrified!”
“The intense lights, I overlearned my traces, and I used to be only a mess. I used to be shaking and sweating.”
James recounted how Invoice was sharpening some glass throughout their scene collectively and recognised how anxious he was.
The actor continued: “He [Bill] went, ‘You are shaking like a leaf, son, both cease shaking or consider doing one thing else’.
“After that stint on Corrie, I stated I do not need to be an actor, or I do not need to be an actor like this, as a result of it was so horrifying to me!
The actor confessed the expertise was ‘horrifying’ (Picture: ITV)
“Being thrown into the lion’s den, first off. I then went and did theatre and different issues, however yeah, by no means once more. My hat goes off to the way in which they act in these exhibits as a result of it is so fast.”
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Luckily, this expertise did not deter him from pursuing performing, as James has since starred in quite a few famend programmes. Most just lately, he portrayed Raef Lonsdale within the 2025 BBC drama Wild Cherry, one of many present’s extra nefarious characters.
In a dialog with Alan, he humorously claimed he ‘cannot bear in mind’ the final time he did not painting a villainous character, conceding that his eyebrows might need one thing to do with it.
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