Ex-Corrie star Charles Lawson has slammed young actors who are only after fame.
The Jim McDonald actor, 61, who last appeared on the Cobbles for a brief return in 2018, insisted that many young up-and-comers he meets are only interested in fame and glory.
And he reckons they need to shed their "bad attitude" if they actually want to get anywhere in the industry.
"If you want to get into acting, stop being obsessed by fame," he bluntly said.
"Most young actors I meet are more interested in being famous than practising their craft. Throw all that bad attitude away and go to drama school. It wasn't meant to be easy.
"I watch the actors of today on very popular and celebrated, familiar shows and some of them are just awful. Get in some work and learn your art."
He added to Daily Star Online that he's been watching re-runs of old Corrie episodes to sweep himself away in nostalgia.
Charles joined the soap as Jim in 1989, and has shared the screen with legends like Bev Callard, Simon Gregson and Sarah Lancashire.
"It was party, party, party!" he reminisced.
"My friendships with Bev, Simon, Sarah Lancashire, Eva Pope and Peter Armitage – they are my fondest memories.
"I'm really enjoying classic Corrie at the minute."
And during his Corrie stint he faced a number of challenging, emotionally weighty plots.
Jim's daughter Katie died in 1992, while the early noughties saw him put behind bars.
Charles cheered mate Bev through her I'm A Celebrity stint last year, warning that she's a "tough cookie" and "won't suffer fools" in camp.
"If anybody thinks they're the dogs b******* or they're trying to be number one, she won't stand for it," he told OK! magazine.
"If you hear her saying something like 'Who the f*** does he/she think they are?' then you'll know trouble is brewing!
"She's really a tough cookie."
*Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7.30pm and 8.30pm on ITV.
