Charlie de Melo has reportedly quit Coronation Street after five years.
The actor joined the ITV soap in 2017 and has played lawyer Imran Habeeb during that time but The Sun has reported that he has now decided look beyond the cobbles for new challenges.
The media outlet reported that a source close to the soap actor said that while Charlie had "loved his time on the soap" he believes that now "the time is right to try new things."
They continued to say that Charlie will "cherish" the time he has spent in Corrie but he is "hugely talented and very ambitious and wants to see what else is out there."
Charlie is expected to film his final scenes on Coronation Street in the coming months and it has been reported that he will go out with a bang.
The storyline will probably hit our screens over the summer and producers are thought to want a big exit for the popular character.
In recent weeks, viewers have seen Imran propose to Toyah Battersby as they look to give them a better chance of adopting their foster daughter Elsie.
Imran's relationship with Toyah has been rocky in recent times after he confessed to sleeping with someone else during Seb Franklin’s murder trial.
What Toyah doesn't know, and viewers do, is that it was Abi Franklin that bedded Imran, with Toyah still in the dark.
Abi will soon be left with an agonising decision and that could have a direct effect on how Imran spends his last few months on the cobbles.
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