Coronation Street fans baffled as they hear Mick actor Joe Layton's real accent

Daily Mirror

20-05-2025

Coronation Street fans have been left in shock after hearing Mick Michaelis' actor Joe Layton's accent for the very first time - and he sounds nothing like his character
Earlier this year, Coronation Street fans were introduced to new character's Mick and Lou. In their short time on the Street they've caused. Just yesterday Mick (Joe Layton) hit fan favourite Craig Tinker over the head, leaving him for dead.
Just before this, the soap aired a special throwback episode on Friday 16 May, which explored the "complex history" of Kit Green. The episode, which took place in 2007, took a closer look at Kit's friendship with Mick and Lou Michaelis when they were teenagers.
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Behind the scenes, the actors took part in a social media video where they were tasked to name things from 2007. However, fans were more focused on Mick actor Joe's real accent, which is nothing like hic character's strong Manchester accent.
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"Mick sounds completely different!" exclaimed one fan, while another agreed: "Mick's real accent. Wow what an actor."
A third laughed: "Mick is so posh. Perhaps he should of been played with that voice!"
Joe spent years living in the US for six years where he starred in Marvel TV show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Speaking about other roles he'd previously done, Joe said: I have worked on a bunch of Netflix and BBC shows and I also worked on an ITV show called The Trouble with Maggie Cole with Dawn French.
"I also worked with Jodie Comer on Thirteen, who's really great. Most recently, I've worked on a show called Lockerbie - which isn't the Colin Firth one! I've been getting so many texts from friends saying they are about to start it but there's two - and I think this one will come out later this year."
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Despite only joining the soap earlier this year, it was recently announced that Mick and Lou would be leaving the Cobbles this summer as part of an explosive storyline. The quick departures had always been planned, with the characters only brought in for a particular storyline.
Addressing the claims about his sudden exit and denying it was a shock for anyone, he told us: "I knew about it from when the casting came through from my agent, so even for the prep for the tape you take a dive into the psychology of him, how you inhabit these kind of head spaces.
I think for me, the opportunity to step into Corrie for six months with a start and a finish point is a real gift."