Happy Mondays' Bez is set to star in 'Hollyoaks'.
Happy Mondays star Bez is set to star in Hollyoaks
The 57-year-old musician is said to have filmed a cameo as himself in the Channel 4 soap alongside Nick Pickard's character Tony Hutchinson, who will hire him as a DJ for the Dog in the Pond's club night.
A soap insider said: "'Hollyoaks' bosses were genuinely surprised by how good Bez is on camera."
Bez is said to have impressed the show's bosses, and his role could even be extended.
The insider added to The Sun newspaper's TV Biz column: "There is belief the role could be expanded, leading to Bez becoming a regular star.
"He plays himself, but given it’s in Soapland, there’s no reason why he can’t continue seemingly living his own life in the village."
Bez is currently starring in 'Dancing on Ice', but he had to practice at home last week after he tested positive for coronavirus.
He said at the time: "I’m isolating in my cottage right, so I’ve got these fluffy socks on and I’m sliding about on the lino in the bathroom and I’ve got this big full length mirror I’m looking in, so I’m still practising my balance and not falling over.
"I’m just desperate to get back out there, you know what I mean?"
Bez is planning to return to the show on Sunday's episode (30.01.22).
Last week, Bez admitted he didn't have any COVID symptoms, and was grateful to ITV's "stringent" testing process.
He added: "I’m 100 per cent fine and I’m sending love to anyone who has COVID with bad symptoms.
"I just feel so relieved that ITV’s testing process is so stringent because otherwise I wouldn’t know I’d had it, you know what I mean?
"I’m juicing, juicing, juicing with my cold press juice machine, it sounds like a combine harvester, but I’m doing that for vitamin C to beat this, and apple cider vinegar and cayenne pepper."
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