Actor Colson Smith showed how far he's come since embarking on a weight loss journey as he returned to our screens with a new look on Coronation Street.
Corrie fans remarked how different his character Craig Tinker looked as the trainee police constable stepped out of the police station looking slimmer and with blonde hair.
"Craig looks bloody amazing," tweeted one fan.
"Craig has lost so much weight! Looks like a totally different person! Fair play to him!" exclaimed another.
"Where's Craig gone? Lockdown healthy," commented another.
After the soap halted filming due to the coronavirus pandemic in March, the actor has been using the time off to focus on his fitness regime, and he's been keeping followers updated on his fitness journey.
He shared a time lapse video of himself working out outdoors with a dumbbell, kettle bells and a medicine ball.
On screen his trainee police constable character has taken up running after finding that he was out of breath while chasing shoplifters.
Craig told his friends that he was going to make an effort to get healthier after being bullied at work.
Colson, 21, previously joked in lockdown that he'd need a 'fat suit' when he returned to work as he'd look completely different to where the character left off.
He said on his weekly podcast the Sofa Cinema Club with co-stars Jack P Shepherd and Ben Price: "We are in direct continuity, but I've almost lost about 10 stone since we left work so I'm not sure that (my hair) is going to be the biggest of their issues.
"I might be wearing a wig and a fat suit when we go back."
Cameras starting rolling again on the set at Trafford Wharf in June and viewers are now seeing new scenes incorporating life amid the coronavirus.
Colson recently shared a throwback photo of himself to celebrate nine years on the ITV soap.
He joined the soap as a fresh-faced 12-year-old as the son of Beth Sutherland.
Sharing the baby-faced picture with his Instagram followers, Colson wrote: "9 years of Craig Tinker. 5th August 2011. #Tinks."
