I thought it was him... any other saddos like me Google it to double check, after watching James Cameron's Titanic on telly for the umpteenth time this evening? Craig Kelly's a wireless operator.
As Luke Strong, Craig Kelly hot-footed it away from Coronation Street with Rosie Webster's cash and an evil smile on his face.
Yay! Vampira's back! She's been languishing in L.A. for a few months but when Leanne told her about Tony and Maria, that was enough of that. She winged her way back to Old Blighty and ripped Tony a new one right beside the grave of the man he killed. She was the one reeling a bit when he told her they were going to get married but not out of jealousy, but of shock. Sick, she called it. (It is!) She's backing Tones into a corner and forcing him to hand over Underworld and leave town or she'll tell all.
Luke Strong leaves Coronation Street this week, waltzing down to Rio with Dozy Wobbler's cash. You can watch a video of Luke leaving on the official Corrie site.
"It's hard, but it's fun. It's like toffee." That's how Craig Kely, who plays Coronation Street's Luke Strong, described his dance training in the first week of Strictly Come Dancing. Craig wasn't one of the celebs who danced this week, we'll see him in action on Friday 25 September. But he did take part in the group Mambo where he shimmied in a satin shirt at the back of the group.
I don't know about you, but I'll be glued to Strictly Come Dancing on Friday night (after I've watched Coronation Street of course!). I'm a huge fan of the glitz and glam of SCD and having Corrie actor Craig Kelly, who plays Luke Strong, on the show will be double the fun.
Craig Kelly, Coronation Street's Luke Strong, is putting on his dancing shoes and best smile for Strictly Come Dancing 2009. Oh yes he is! Craig's teaming up with dancer Flavia Cacace. As a huge fan of both Corrie and SCD, I'll be blogging his every tush-shake right here, so, as Brucie would say... "k-e-e-e-e-p reading!"
While perusing the Manchester Pride link that Flaming Nora posted earlier, I discovered a downloadable supplement (on this page) for the events this week. In that supplement, on page 18, is an interview with Corrie's Craig Kelly and Antony Cotton. I had forgotten that both of them starred in the excellent Queer as Folk some 10 years ago. Craig played Vince and Antony played Alexander, if you will recall. The two men agreed that neither of them had changed and Antony was quite excited to have his old mate back on set again, to the point that it was distracting Craig from getting into his new character!
As we know by now, Luke Strong is leaving Coronation Street later this year. And it says in The Sun that he'll jet off to Brazil with £90,000 of Rosie Webster's cash.
No! No! and No! again.
There's a great interview with Craig Kelly, who plays the man who went back for the wabbit - Luke Strong - on Corrie, in the MEN today. He talks about his new role on the cobbles and discusses Luke Strong's upcoming fling with Rosie Webster.
Coronation Street's Rosie Webster will add another notch to her bedpost when she romps with Underworld boss Luke Strong says The Daily Star.
Craig Kelly, who plays the wonderful Luke Strong in Coronation Street, has given a great interview to the Sunday Mirror Celebs magazine. You can read the whole interview here or for those who like snippets, here's the best bits in a nutshell:
"You had to go back for the rabbit?" Tony Gordon asked Luke Strong this week in Coronation Street. "I always go back for the wabbit," Luke smiled back. And that's what makes Luke Strong the Corrie super-hero of the week, because going back for the rabbit is something that Tony Gordon would never have done. Just my tuppence on the bunny.
Luke Strong, the new Underworld factory boss arrived on Coronation Street on Friday 20th February 2009. Played by actor Craig Kelly, you might have seen him before as Vince Tyler in the seminal Channel 4 series Queer as Folk where he starred alongside Anthony Cotton, who plays knicker-stitcher Sean Tully. Vince Tyler's Queer as Folk mother was actress Denise Black, who played Ken Barlow's girlfriend, Denise Osborne. Craig's brother is ex-Shameless actor Dean Lennox Kelly. Craig has also appeared on TV in Casualty, Waking The Dead and as teacher Mr Treblecock in the third and final series of The Grimleys.
Corrie's new Mr Strong, however, shouldn't be confused with this one of the same name.
First off is Luke Strong, played by Craig Kelly. Luke is an old friend of Carla Gordon's whose arrival will cause havoc in Underworld. He arrives to manage Carla's share of the factory after she leaves Tony and he'll turn up on February 20th.
Then we'll meet Julie Carp's mum Paula, played by Sharon Duce. She arrives on February 27th and is an old school-friend of Eileen Grimshaw, so why does she try to avoid meeting Eileen? Mysterious! Sharon has starred in Casualty, Emmerdale and a whole host of great telly programmes.
And finally this month we'll meet Dev's uncle Umed, played by Harish Patel. He arrives on the Street on March 9th to cast his eye over Dev's questionable personal life. Harish Patel is an Indian actor who has starred in the movie Run, Fatboy, Run.
There's going to be a new face at the factory when Luke Strong makes his appearance in 2009 as the new Underworld boss.
