Coronation Street star Colson Smith joked that he might have to wear a ‘fat suit’ when filming resumes after losing “almost 10 stone” in lockdown.
The ITV programme is due to resume filming on 9 June, 10 weeks after the coronavirus pandemic forced production to come to a halt.
The show plans on picking up where it left off before filming was suspended, with producer Iain MacLeod previously revealing the Covid-19 crisis would be addressed in the show’s storyline.
Announcing the news, Coronation Street’s showrunners revealed their plans to film three episodes each week in order to keep the show going over the summer, but that older or more vulnerable cast members would not initially return to set.