A SOAP star has revealed he’s still working as a builder despite landing top roles in BBC and C4 shows.
Zachary Sutcliffe in Channel 4 soap but also landed a part in
A soap star has revealed he’s working as a labourer
Zachary Sutcliffe played Bobby Costello in Hollyoaks but was killed off earlier this yearCredit: Lime Pictures
The 24-year-old signed up to play Schuey Weever in Waterloo Road last year for season 13
Zachary, 24, played Bobby Costello in Hollyoaks and returned.
The teen escaped from and narrowly avoided being sold into Clare Devine’s child sex exploitation ring before becoming Jez’s latest victim.
A source said: “Bobby’s return was only going to be for limited stint but his death will have explosive consequences.”
The Bradford-born actor also portrays Schuey Weever in Waterloo Road.
Outside of Waterloo Road, his other credits include Grimsby, No Offence, Casualty, Doctors and The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die.
Despite being in demand on telly, he’s filling time inbetween jobs as a labourer.
He shared a photo from one job on Instagram today and captioned it with the question: “Is that him from Waterloo Road?”
He added beneath: “Meanwhile, I’m outside renovating you’re driveaway.”
Although working on a soap means regular fame for the stars, it’s not always easy to make ends meet.
icon another former soap actor to be revealed as working a ‘normal job’ these days, more than 15 years after he was axed from the soap.
Steven was an employee of Bennett’s of Yorkshire Quality Butchers last year and has been spotted on numerous occasions working shifts at their high street shop.
Coronation Street and Strictly star swapped the cobbles for cuticles after training as a nail technician.
Stunning Hetti Bywater took over the role of Lucy Beale in 2012, and was central to a huge Whodunnit? storyline two years later.
The 27-year-old has had other acting roles since leaving Walford, but has also been while in between jobs.
EastEnders actor Tony Discipline played Tyler Moon in EastEnders, but he refused to let fame go to his head – and .
Speaking about how fans still assume his fire brigade uniform is for a new role, he revealed: “I was walking back to the fire truck and someone walked past and said, ‘Oh my God, what are you filming?’”
Tony recalls. “I said, ‘No, I’m a firefighter,’ and he said, ‘No, what is it? What show’s it for?’
“There have been a few occasions like that.”
