Catherine Tyldesley and ‘childhood crush’ Shayne Ward kill time between takes on Coronation Street reenacting famous romantic movies on Instagram
The on-screen lovers have been having plenty of laughs behind-the-scenes
CORONATION Street stars Catherine Tyldesley and Shayne Ward have been living out their big screen ambitions between takes of the small screen soap.
The pair have enjoyed racy story-lines together on Corrie with 32-year-old Shayne playing Aidan Connor and 33-year-old Cath playing Eva Price on the long running ITV show.
But it’s all change in between takes for the pair as they love nothing more than dressing up and pretending they are in some of the biggest films of all time.
It is even suggested that Cath – who is in real life happily married to hunky personal trainer Tom Pitford – has been fulfilling childhood ambitions by re-enacting scenes from Ghost and Dirty Dancing with Shayne.
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Corrie insiders have revealed to the Sun online that the duo are “really friendly these days” and “love playing out their romantic Street roles together”.
One added : “It’s no secret that Cath used to have a crush on Shayne before she joined Corrie and he was a big hit on the X Factor.
“She was a singer in those days and used to dream of doing a duet together – and that has now happened to her amazement,” the source continued.
“When Shayne joined her on Corrie she was beside herself with joy – but that was nothing compared to when she got the scripts which had her ditzy character Eva together with Shayne‘s macho character Aidan,” they added.
“She has absolutely loved them being in a relationship on screen – and they are also best buddies off camera, as their Instagram posts show,” they said.
Shayne joined the cast of Corrie in 2015 - and was 21-years-old when he romped to victory on The X Factor in series 2, back in 2005.
Cath has been thrilling fans by uploading the playful videos to Instagram.
The pair can be found pretending to be on a magic carpet ride as they pretend to be Princess Jasmine and Aladdin from the Disney film.
Ghost gets a comedy remake – with a sewing machine replacing the classic pottery scene.
And roles are reversed in a humorous re-enactment of Dirty Dancing.
The Corrie source added: “They get on so well together that they spend a lot of their spare time waiting for scenes chit-chatting away together and so they decided this stuff was a fun way to kill time.
“Some people reckon they hanker getting into the big movie scene at some stage – but some reckon there’s no chance of that.”
Shayne is currently in a relationship with actress Sophie Austin – and the couple welcomed their first child, a daughter named Willow, in December 2016.
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