Coronation Street star Sam Robertson hints he may QUIT soap as he struggles with Fatal Attraction storyline
CORONATION Street star Sam Robertson has hinted he may soon quit the soap as Adam Barlow.
The actor - who has played lawyer Adam for five years for this stint - has revealed his struggles with the character and his current storylines.
Viewers have watched as Adam has been targeted by ex girlfriend Lydia Chambers in a Fatal Attraction inspired storyline.
However actor Sam has admitted he was troubled by the plot when he was first told about it.
Speaking to The Sun and other media, he said: “You know what, at first, I was a little bit troubled by it because we did a storyline the year before when Adam has a fling with Carla.
“And there was a lot of trouble with Adam and Sarah’s marriage then and I felt personally that it’s soon after that to do another story where Adam and Sarah are having trouble again.
“I think it’s tough on Tina and I to do a lot of arguments and Tina and I have gone from working together, having fun and having a lot of harmony with the material and then suddenly we're at the each other’s throats all the time.
“So it's been really tough to do that again, so soon after 12 months before getting through it. So at first I was like, ‘Oh God man, this is gonna be tough’.
“Walking on set and arguing – even though it’s a fake couple, it’s still a challenging day on set. I won’t lie, it has been tough – we’ve got through it. But I think in the end it’ll be worth it.”
He also hinted he may quit the soap, adding: “I think sometimes familiarity breeds contempt.
“I think sometimes you pick up the script and you feel like you’re doing the same scene as you did 12 months ago. Then you think, is it me? Is it the character or the other actors?
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“I speak to a lot of guys here that I've worked with for 15/20 like David Nielsen, Jimmi Harkishim – I had a scene with him day, and you have these moments where you think I could hang this character on a coat hanger for a big.
“And they go, it happens, you’re used to working on different characters. I’m at the stage now, 5 years in, where I haven’t played another character in over 6 years. It’s mad! I feel like coming through this big storyline that I need to re-calibrate and find out what this character’s all about.
“ I think this confusion Adam’s feeling right now, I’m feeling myself as an actor in terms of – who is this character?
“He’s very different to who I was playing 6 months ago. Whether it’s just a moment in time and things will fall back into place and become much more relaxed, that might well be the case. It’ll be interesting to see how things pan out.”
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He added: “I’m very aware that we've come through two years of the pandemic, and working with COVID restrictions, which has been totally unnatural for us as actors.
“And it's been tough. There's no doubt about it. Especially coming into work – I don’t live here, so I've got no social contact with the actors on set, and then I'm coming home at night to a hotel room on my own.
“Sometimes you feel like you're stuck in a bit of a coal mine – the job takes over your life a bit. So I feel like, as I'm coming to the end of this big storyline, I'm kind of in one of those places.”
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