Former Coronation Street hunk Ryan Thomas wants to crack the stage and make it in musicals after playing Prince Charming in Cinderella at Christmas
Star puts his bid for Hollywood stardom on hold as Cobbles pal Jack P Shepherd backs him for panto success
Ryan Thomas wants to make it in musicals after leaving Coronation Street last year.
The actor, 32, took on his first pantomime role playing Prince Charming in a production of Cinderella over Christmas.
Now he's set to pursue a stage career after cobbles co-stars urged him on.
He said: “I'm not the best singer around, but I'll do lessons if it means I'll get some auditions.
"I'll always test myself. I'd like to do some musicals or something to do with singing."
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Ryan played Jason Grimshaw for 15 years on Coronation Street but proved his versatility by wowing as the headline act in Wyvern Theatre's production of Cinderella in Swindon.
Victoria Farley, 27, starred as Cinderella, while David Ashley and Louie Westwood played the Ugly Sisters.
Sources say Ryan has had an itch to return to theatre ever since - despite having originally left Corrie to pursue a career in Hollywood.
And Jack P Shepherd, 29, who joined the Corrie cast in the same year as Ryan in the role of bad boy David Platt, is backing his pal to make it in the business.
A source said: “Jack went to see the pantomime and was really taken aback by Ryan’s singing. He wants him to go all the way.”
His brother Adam Thomas finished third in the latest series of I'm A Celebrity.