{"id":28980,"date":"2023-01-22T13:01:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T12:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1772726"},"modified":"2023-01-23T03:38:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T02:38:08","slug":"coronation-streets-martin-platt-actor-hints-at-return","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/coronation-streets-martin-platt-actor-hints-at-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street\u2019s Martin Platt actor hints at return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Molly Moss\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 22 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Former Coronation Street star Sean Wilson has hinted at a return for his character Martin Platt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Wilson joined the cast of the ITV soap as Martin, the second husband of Gail Platt, when he was just 18-years-old in 1985, becoming a regular on the street until his departure in 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">After leaving <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/coronation-street\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Coronation Street<\/a>, Wilson turned his hand to cheese and set up the Saddleworth Cheese Company in 2009, which is stocked in supermarkets nationwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">But the actor is still open to returning to the cobbles, he revealed recently in an interview with <a href=\"\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/showbiz-news\/coronation-street-legend-sean-wilson-25993353&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Manchester Evening News<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Asked if we might see Martin\u2019s familiar face back on our screens one day, Wilson said: \u201cI made it clear that I could be turned but now it\u2019s 2023 and nothing has happened.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">He added: \u201cThe writers decided to send me to New Zealand so maybe they\u2019re trying to tell me something,\u201d before continuing: \u201cI am busy writing books, but of course I would give it some thought.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">The actor previously <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/coronation-street\/coronation-street-star-sean-wilson-on-martins-comeback-he-knows-theres-something-wrong-with-david\/&quot;\">made a comeback to Weatherfield in 2018<\/a> after his son David was drugged and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/coronation-street\/coronation-street-screens-david-platts-rape-scene-heres-what-happens-next\/&quot;\">raped by mechanic Josh Tucker<\/a>.<\/span><\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"6318811372112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/> <p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Talking at the time about what had changed since his departure from the soap, he said: \u201c<\/span>Lots of things have changed. There was a juxtapose of editorial thoughts at the time and I morally felt that I had to stand very, very firm on the decision that I made and I think we all know what went on there so there came a parting of ways.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cThings move on, especially in show business and the people that were in charge have moved on. They\u2019ve all split and gone elsewhere so this has come around and you know what, before I stepped into the building, I thought the scripts were ace which I was pleasantly surprised with it because Martin\u2019s not been there for 12 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\" data-placement=\"&quot;Body&quot;\">\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/coronation-street\/coronation-street-stephen-murder-twist-body-missing-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Stephen\u2019s horror as body goes missing in Coronation Street murder twist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/coronation-street\/coronation-street-stephen-carla-victim-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Coronation Street\u2019s Todd Boyce reveals Stephen\u2019s next target is Carla<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Visit our dedicated <\/strong><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/coronation-street&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Coronation<\/strong><strong> Street<\/strong><\/a><strong> page <\/strong><strong>for all the latest news, interviews and spoilers. 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