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HOLLY Willoughby and Phillip Schofield could be about to join Hollyoaks.

The This Morning presenters were offered parts in the Channel 4 soap on Tuesday's This Morning, after The Sun exclusively revealed that Holly loves the idea of playing a teacher who has an affair with a student.

 Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby have been offered roles in Hollyoaks
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Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby have been offered roles in HollyoaksCredit: ITV

Referring to our story, the show's soap queen Sharon Marshall told Holly: "I opened the papers this morning and they were saying you'd be quite up for playing a sexy teacher."

Holly - who said she had discussed the potential move with Sharon in the past - replied with a laugh: "Hang on, this was your story, your creation, totally your fault!"

Undeterred, Sharon said: "I texted the boss this morning and the news back from Hollyoaks is they would love you to come and play a role."

 The pair discussed the soap with Sharon Marshall on Tuesday's show
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The pair discussed the soap with Sharon Marshall on Tuesday's showCredit: ITV

As Holly grinned with delight and said thank you, Sharon added to Phil: "And they want you as well, they have always wanted you to come and do it."

Holly added: "It's a pairing."

As Phil absorbed the news he added with a laugh: "I met the boss in the loos at the NTAs and he offered me a part."

The trio then dissolved into giggles before moving on with the TV segment.

The news comes after Holly told The Sun: "I’d love to do soaps.

“I did speak to This Morning’s soap expert the other day because she writes for Emmerdale and I said ‘what would you cast me in’ and she said she would cast me in Hollyoaks as the teacher who has an affair with one of her pupils.”

 Could Holly be swapping This Morning for The Oaks?
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Could Holly be swapping This Morning for The Oaks?Credit: DigitalSpy

She added: “That would be a dramatic role – it would be great, I should do it.”

Alongside a potential soap career, Holly also admitted that once she has some more time on her hands she would like to go into documentary making.

The Celebrity Juice captain revealed: “Documentary-wise I would like to do something like that one day but I think it’s something you need to invest a lot of time in.

“At the moment time is not something I have tons of so eventually I think that would be a nice place to go.

 Holly is also keen to venture into documentary making and take some time off to travel
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Holly is also keen to venture into documentary making and take some time off to travelCredit: Instagram

“Hopefully This Morning doesn’t end any time soon but eventually once all that time is finished I can focus on things like that and do passion projects and focus on things you really like and travel a bit when the kids are older.”

 

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