Dame Joan Collins wants to join Coronation Street … weeks after she revealed she’d said no to Hollyoaks gig
THE 83-year-old star has been keeping herself with one-woman tour of the UK
HOLLYWOOD legend Dame Joan Collins could soon be trading in her LA mansion for a life on the Corrie cobbles.
Last week, The Sun exclusively revealed that Joan was offered a role in glam Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks - but when she turned it down they gave the part to on-screen Dynasty rival Linda Gray.
But now reports say she has her eye on ITV soap Coronation Street instead.
Joan told Dan Wootton's Bizarre column: “I was just asked to be in Hollyoaks but I’m not doing it. You know who is doing it? Linda Gray.
“Between the movie and the new show I wouldn’t have the time for anything else.”
The 83-year-old star already has a track record in soaps - becoming famed for glam US hit show Dynasty and even appearing in a one-off spin-off for Coronation Street in 2000.
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Playing herself, Joan made a hilarious turn in Viva Las Vegas - where she rubbed shoulders with show favourites Jack and Vera Duckworth.
But as she tours the UK with her one woman show Joan Collins Unscripted, a source close to the star has hinted she would like to spend more time on the cobbles.
She was reportedly excited to discover that hunk Shayne Ward, who plays Aidan Connor on the soap, turned up to her Manchester residency of the tour.
An insider told : “Joan loves Corrie and has been making sure she is up to date with it while on the road.
"With any luck she could get a recurring role in it.”
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