Daniel Brocklebank has played Billy Mayhew on the cobbles since 2014
Daniel Brocklebank has shared that his Coronation Street character Billy Mayhew was not always meant to be called Billy. The actor, who has been portraying the vicar since 2014, revealed that initially the character was named Hugh, but it was deemed 'too posh' by the show's executives.
Reflecting on his character's evolution, Daniel said that Billy seemed "a lot cooler" in his initial episodes than he does now, describing his current persona as a "nerdy geek". He elaborated: "I was told right from the start that the fact he was gay was very incidental; it wasn't a defining characteristic. When I look back on those first episodes, Billy was a lot cooler.
The storyline has taken a poignant turn recently, with Billy grappling with his husband Paul Foreman's diagnosis of motor neurone disease , which is particularly close to Daniel's heart as his own grandfather suffered from the condition.
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