EMMERDALE star Anthony Quinlan has revealed the huge reality show he auditioned for twice and didn’t get – and the ITV hit he turned down.
, 41, played Pete Barton in the soap from 2013 until his departure in 2020.
Anthony Quinlan starred in Emmerdale for several years as Pete Barton Credit: Getty – Contributor
He was keen to star in I’m A Celeb but was snubbed Credit: Refer to Caption
Anthony auditioned for the show twice Credit: Shutterstock Editorial
He was later offered a spot on Celebrity Big Brother, but turned it down Credit: ITV
The soap star hunk has now revealed the reality show he wanted to appear on, and the one he didn’t.
He told us that he auditioned twice for I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! but didn’t get the chance to be a campmate.
He also revealed he was offered a spot on Celebrity but turned it down.
Elsewhere in the chat, he revealed to us that he will be appearing in the next series of Time on One.
He said: “I’ve been trying to get back into the acting game more this year.
“The past few years I’ve been running online PT alongside my supplement business BoxedOff, which takes up a lot of time — but I’m so grateful.
“I signed up with a new agency last year and things have gone from strength to strength.
“I’ve just landed a role with the BBC in a production called Time — the Jimmy McGovern crime drama, series three.
“There are some phenomenal actors involved. The director is unbelievable. It’s very exciting to be a part of it.”
Time is an anthology crime drama set in a prison which first aired in June 2021 and starred Sean Bean and Stephen Graham.
The second series premiered in October 2023 and starred Jodie Whittaker and Bella Ramsey.
Speaking about why he has focused on his business in recent years, Anthony told us via WhichBingo : “The fitness and business side was always something I built in the background as a safeguard, not as a replacement for acting.
“I kind of made a vow to myself at that I would set something up so that if I were to step away, I’d have something there.
“Acting is my passion, it always has been and it always will be.”
Anthony has been on our screens since he was 20, after landing the role of Gilly Roach in Hollyoaks.
He then became a household name in Emmerdale as Pete Barton.
Anthony told us he wouldn’t rule out joining a third soap, saying: “Never say never. I mean, obviously with a family on the way you want security as well.
“I grew up watching , and is a phenomenal show as well.
“I always said when I was younger I’d love to do Coronation Street. Growing up watching it with my family, being from Manchester, it was a given.
“My partner (Nikki Sanderson) was in it as well. So yeah — if the right role came about, who knows?”
Anthony is all loved up with Hollyoaks star Nikki Sanderson Credit: Splash
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