Women try to convert me..but I'll never be a Coronation Straight; Street star Antony reveals why playing Corrie's gay Sean comes so naturally 'FANS TELL ME I'M LUCKY TO WORK WITH GIRLS. THEY MISS THE POINT'.(News)

From: The People (London, England) | Date: December 5, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: CAROLINE BARRETT

CORRIE actor Antony Cotton has revealed the secret of his success as flamboyant gay knicker stitcher Sean Tully - he's just being himself.

Irrepressible Antony, 28, says simply: "If I was a leading Hollywood actor I'd have to make up some waffle about how there's nothing of me in the role.

"But I can't be arsed - and it's not true.

"Sean looks like me and he sounds like me, so that's halfway there, isn't it?" <...

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