Matthew Rolland has interviewed Connor McIntyre, who plays Pat Phelan in Coronation Street.
It's a good, informal interview where Connor reveals how he got into acting. He says that he walked into a theatre for the
first time in his life and asked if he go watch a rehearsal. Then began a love of acting after what he describes as his epiphany moment in the Barbican Theatre in Plymouth.
Talking about Coronation Street, he says that when he was first offered the role of Pat Phelan he was in the middle of his Masters Degree in Fine Art.
He was offered just three scenes originally and then ITV saw the opportunity to involve the character more and Phelan was brought back to the show. That stint lasted six months and then he received a call from ITV to ask him if he'd like to return.
Talking about Coronation Street, he says that when he was first offered the role of Pat Phelan he was in the middle of his Masters Degree in Fine Art.
He was offered just three scenes originally and then ITV saw the opportunity to involve the character more and Phelan was brought back to the show. That stint lasted six months and then he received a call from ITV to ask him if he'd like to return.
Connor pays full credit to the writers at Coronation Street and says he loves playing him. For an actor to play a character with as many layers as Phelan, he says is "an absolute delight." He also talks about the perils of social media for an actor playing a baddie.
He also says that Pat Phelan will indeed get his comeuppance in due course too. I think we're all looking forward to that!
He also says that Pat Phelan will indeed get his comeuppance in due course too. I think we're all looking forward to that!
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2 comments:
I have to disagree about Phelan having many layers to his character. That's my main criticism: he's very 1 or, at best, 2 dimensional. We still don't know what drives his egomania and, even if the argument goes that some people are just like that, it's boring to watch.
Connor does play Phelan as if there's more to him than is written but that's down to his talent. Sometimes Phelan is like a mindless killing machine, others you can see his grim humor or cynical view of the residents.
With another, lesser actor the character would just be evil personified. Still, I agree with Humpty Dumpty that since, in the end, all he does is be evil, Phelan really should have been done a while ago.
I like the actor enough that I don't see why the soap tradition of having an actor return as a twin of their former character with a completely different personality can't be used to keep him. Connor is an asset to the show but Phelan isn't.
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