Fans were gutted when Jacob Hay had no choice but to leave the cobbles - leading to an exit from Coronation Street for Jack James Ryan. The actor first arrived on the street as the bad boy back in 2021.
In emotional scenes, Jacob was forced to leave after a drug deal went wrong and saw him issued a warning - and a beating - from his dad. Before he left, Jacob told Nick how his dad is smuggling drugs through the restaurant and he has no choice but to leave as Amy's life is in danger. Hearing Amy entering the flat, a desperate Jacob pretends he’s on the phone dealing drugs leaving Amy horrified to think he’s up to his old tricks.
And while he can't say what it is yet, he does have more work in the pipeline. "I'm going to do that annoying thing that actors do when they tease something they can't really talk about..." he told us. "I have booked a job, really really excited for it. I start filming next month and I'll be filming for the next four months on that. I'm really excited and can't say anything at the moment but as soon as I can, I can't wait to reveal what I'm doing.
Meanwhile, the pair's older brother, Charlie, starred in the ITV children's drama Children's Ward, the BBC soap Doctors and at the end of last year, he was starring as Dame Nellie Diggle in Robin Hood at The Oldham Colisuem. He has since been announced in the cast of Spring and Port Wine which starts at The Octagon Theatre in Bolton in February.
The pair are also in a little Corrie gang with James Craven, who plays Aaron Sandford, and Harriet Bibby, who stars in the soap as Summer Spellman, with the four-piece often enjoying nights out and trips together and sharing snaps on Instagram.