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Coronation Street star Matt Milburn poses near the Rovers Return, just like he did in the late 1980s when he visited the cobbles as a lad.
Matt, whose on-off character Tommy Orpington is back, also recreated a photo outside one of the famous Weatherfield homes.
On Lorraine Kelly’s ITV show, he told how he visited the original Corrie set in 1989 on a holiday. The star added he stays with his mother “up North” when he is working as he lives in the South.
Matt said the Corrie fan learns lines with him for his role as Tommy, who is having an affair. He added: “She’s been Tracy Barlow for the last four months doing an amazing job.”
Matt posed at the same spot when he was a little boyIt comes as fans have been left enthralled with the latest drama to rock the cobbles after witnessing the beginning of Tommy and Tracey's love affair. Long-time fans of the show will know that actor Matt has been playing his character on and off since 2016, but some may not know that the actor has previously starred in rival shows.
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Milburn is no stranger to the small screen, having first started his acting career back in 2004. Matt first appeared on the cobbles on October 3 2016 when his character sought the help of Michelle Connor to organise his wedding.
Matt is back on the cobblesHe played Tommy Orpington, a professional football player, who went on to become friends with both Michelle's husband Steve McDonald, and his business partner Tim Metcalfe - which ignited a feud between the pair.
The character retired from playing football back in 2021 and now works as a painter and decorator. Matt has previously acted in other shows including Channel 4's Hollyoaks as Joe Spencer from 2003 until 2006.
His character was dramatically killed off in a fire at The Dog in the Pond. He also starred in Doctors for two episodes as the characters Leon D'Costa and Dexter Thomson.
Matt walked on the famous cobbles over two decades ago
The star recreated the iconic childhood snapsMatt is also the real-life brother of actor Greg Wood who played evil gangster Rick Neelan on Coronation Street on a recurring basis from 2009 until the character was murdered by Gary Windass in 2019.
Matt once revealed how it was Greg who inspired him to take up acting after years of feeling unsure what to do with his career. Speaking to the TV Times, he said: “Watching my brother in his first college play ignited my fire for it [acting]. Seeing the adrenaline surge through him afterward, I thought: ‘I’d love to give that a go.’