Coronation Street star lands new role in rival soap just months after leaving the cobbles

Daily Mirror

25-04-2025

Bill Fellows left Coronation Street last year and has since landed a role in Casualty, teasing his appearance in the medical drama through posts on social media
A former Coronation Street has landed a new role in a rival soap just months after leaving the cobbles. Bill Fellows, who played troubled Stu Carpenter from 2021 to 2024, exited Corrie when his character decided to go and live permanently with his granddaughter in Germany.
But the 67-year-old actor, who also played George Cartrick in Ted Lasso, has now joined the cast of Casualty.
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In February, Bill posted a selfie of himself wearing an NHS pass around his neck with the caption: "Another day , Another Casualty." Days later, he posted an image of himself with special effect make up that showed him with arm and head injuries.
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While it's unclear which role Bill is playing in the long-running medical drama, fans have shared their excitement on social media. One commented: "OMG. Shocking make up. Look forward to seeing you in the Casualty episode." Another said: "Glad you mentioned make-up dept!" Someone else said: "Thank goodness it's just makeup....looks nasty that."
When he left Corrie last year, Bill said he had "no regrets at all" before adding: "It is the right time to go for me and for Stu. I will look back with fond memories and I wouldn't rule out coming back in the future. But Stu has evolved, we started off with a homeless guy who was wrongly accused of murder and and then we get to the point three years later where this guy's got almost a quarter of a million pounds and has cleared his name and made it a life for himself."
He went on: "When I first started it was a six month contract but with options that took me over three years. At the time it was something that did panic me a little as I have my house down south and it seemed like a long time, I am used to playing lots of different characters and three years seemed a long time to play the same character.
"But I needn't have worried, what I realised when I got the chance to play someone for a long time it was heaven really, I wasn't tied into anything and the three years have flown and this felt like the right time to go, I always knew I would go at the end of the three years."
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Asked if he was happy Stu wasn't killed off, the actor said: "I would have been fine either way and I did say that to the producer, but it is good to know that Stu is out there somewhere helping people, they said they wanted to leave the door open which is nice."
He spoked of his plans for the future and said: "I am fortunate in that I have a busy few months coming up. I am doing a couple of Episodes of a BBC sitcom based in Middlesbrough called Smoggie Queens with Mark Benton. And then I am working on a film with Mark again and Stephen Tompkinson about low level gangsters in Middlesbrough.
"It is kind of ironic that I am hedging back to the North East to work as it is even further from my home down south than Corrie is! But it is my hometown and I know a lot of people there so I am very much looking forward to that.
"There is a Vampire film in the pipeline which is looking promising. I want to keep working on varied projects and I also want to travel a bit, I am quite laid back but excited about the future."