You might recognise Coronation Streets Daniel Brocklebank as Billy Mayhew, the vicar of St. Marys Church on the soap opera.
On screen, Billy is set to embark on a promising new romance with Paul Foreman (played by Peter Ash).
Off-screen however, things have not been quite as nice, with trolls making homophobic comments online after the Billy and Paul were shown kissing on the soap.
It seems Brocklebank isnt one to take these sorts of comments lying down however, as he said on Loose Women: I do highlight it, not all of it actually, but I think its important to let people know its still going on.
The UK at large is a very accepting country, were very lucky here, when you consider whats happening in Brunei today, but then of course we have arguments recently about whether LGBT should be discussed in schools.
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As we wait to see how Billys relationship with Paul progresses, lets take a closer look at the actor whos playing the convention-defying vicar…
Daniel Brocklebanks personal life and career so far
Daniel Brocklebank, 39, is an award-winning English actor of the stage and screen who was born in Warwickshire in 1979.
He started acting professionally when he was just 14 years old, and one of his earliest parts was as Ralph in the Royal Shakespeare Companys production of Lord of the Flies in 1995.
One of his first major roles was that of Young Merlin in the 1998 limited series Merlin, which starred Sam Neil as the titular character.
In 1999, he won a Screen Actors Guild Award for his portrayal of Sam Gosse in the blockbuster Shakespeare in Love.
In 2001, he starred alongside Thora Birch and Keira Knightley in The Hole, and in 2002, he had a small part in The Hours as Rodney.
From 2002 until 2003, he was in the TV series Ed Stone Is Dead as Adam Deerfield, and in 2005, he got his first recurring role in a British soap opera as Ivan Jones in Emmerdale – a role he played for 26 episodes until 2006.
Brocklebank has also played various characters in The Bill, Waterloo Road, Doctors, Holby City and Casualty over the years, and in 2010, he played Roger Green for two episodes of EastEnders.
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He played recurring characters in things like WPC 56 (as Carl Saunders) and The Confessions of Dorian Grey (as James Anderson) from 2014 to 2016.
2014 was also when he started appearing as Billy Mayhew on Coronation Street – a role he plays to this day, having been in 381 episodes so far.
As for Brocklebanks personal life, back in January, it was announced that Read More – Source
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