Former Corrie star Ryan Thomas lands first job after leaving soap.. but hasn’t made it to Hollywood just yet

RYAN Thomas has appeared in his first venture since quitting Coronation Street earlier this year.

The actor was a world away from the cobbles as he spent the day signing autographs at a truck festival in Shropshire - before FLIPPING a quad bike at the motoring show.

Ryan - who left Corrie is order to pursue his Hollywood dreams - managed to take time out from his acting lessons in order to attend the Trucking Live event over the weekend.

The 32-year-old appeared to enjoy inspecting the wagons and even got to ride an adapted quad bike at what organisers describe as the "region's finest truck awards".

The star later tweeted: “What a great day out at trucking life festival today, extra bonus when they let me role a quad!”

Ryan called time on his role as mechanic Jason Grimshaw in June, after playing the role on the ITV soap for 16 years.

At the time, Ryan revealed: “Going to Hollywood is a dream so I’m going to see what happens. We can always dream.”

He also admitted: “I wanted a complete change after leaving Coronation Street. My agent’s in London, my meetings are there and many of my friends, too. I’m also going to do some drama classes there.

“I’ve only ever had one job. I need to start from the bottom and start learning my craft. I want to be tested and taken out of my comfort zone. I need to do auditions and be rejected for roles – rejection is so much part and parcel of this business, but I’ve never experienced it.”

Ryan continued:“I’ve never been in an audition situation apart from when I was up for the role of Ryan in Corrie, and I got that part just 15 minutes into that audition.

"I feel that I need to find out what it’s like to be told I haven’t got a role I’ve gone for.”

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