Coronation Street star Sam Robertson signs new deal to remain as Adam Barlow
CORONATION Street hunk Sam Robertson has signed a new deal - despite recently admitting he was close to quitting the soap.
The actor - who plays lawyer Adam Barlow in the ITV soap - has agreed to stick around in Weatherfield for another year, The Sun can exclusively reveal.
A source said: “Sam is a huge talent and bosses are thrilled he’s signed a new contract.
“He’s got some explosive storylines coming up with Adam facing losing everything because of his deranged ex Lydia.”
The news could come as a surprise for Corrie fans as Sam recently hinted he could quit the soap after struggling with playing the character for so long.
He returned in 2017 after a decade away and is now going into his sixth year playing Adam again.
Speaking to The Sun last month he said: “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.
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“Then you think, is it me? Is it the character or the other actors?
“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 bit.
“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!
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“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?
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“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.”