Chris Fountain: Fans still shout 'Hollyoaks' at me

Chris Fountain: Fans still shout 'Hollyoaks' at me
Chris Fountain: Fans still shout 'Hollyoaks' at me (Image credit: PA Archive/Press Association Ima)

Chris Fountain has revealed that he is still associated with Hollyoaks - and has fans shout the name of the soap at him in the street - despite having been a part of the Coronation Street cast for two years. The 25-year-old told Star magazine that even though he was now known for playing Tommy Duckworth on the ITV1 show, his Hollyoaks role as rebellious teen Justin Burton had not been forgotten. "I get 'Hollyoaks' shouted at me in the street more, which is quite strange, as I've been with Coronation Street for nearly two years now," Chris said. He admitted, though, that the two shows could not be more different in their approach. "Corrie is more challenging as you don't have as many chances to nail it," he revealed. "It's more, 'Get it done in one take'." Chris - who finished runner-up in the 2008 series of Dancing On Ice - also made it clear that he has no intentions to join a reality TV show like Celebrity Big Brother or I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! "No, definitely not. Reality shows and entertaining shows are very different," he said. "With Dancing On Ice or Strictly, you're learning something new and working with professional people. I've still got a passion for ice-skating. "Saying that, if they didn't show I'm A Celeb... and Big Brother on TV, I'd do them, just for the experience," the actor added. "Imagine that on a stag do? It would be amazing to properly rough it in the jungle with the lads."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.