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Joel Cooper & Danny Thompson

Knee-stenders: Meet the woman who says her knees look like the Mitchell Brothers

Phil and Grant Mitchell are legends of the UK soap scene, and now one woman has shared images of her knees, saying they look just like them. 

Holly Fairfax first discovered the uncanny likeness between her knees and actors Ross Kemp and Steve McFadden, who have played the Mitchell brothers on and off for almost three decades, several years ago.

While McFadden has been a near constant on the popular soap, Kemp left in 1999 to pursue a career elsewhere and has since moved to investigative journalism, appearing in a series of hard-hitting documentaries. 

However, the pair's fame has reached new heights as Holly displays her unusual talent, report Devon Live. 

Holly first noticed the uncanny likeness around seven years ago but has only recently realised it was unique and might even be something others found entertaining.

 The concierge business owner said: "Years ago I noticed that my mum had faces in her knees and found it quite funny.

"I checked my own and realised they looked like two bald babies - or Phil and Grant Mitchell.

"This was several years ago and since then I'd forgotten about it, really."

Then recently she showed her knees to a pal who works in digital media.

Holly said: "They were like 'Oh my God, that's amazing!'.

"We got chatting about it and I made a couple of funny videos of them having conversations together - people seemed to find it funny."

People started asking Holly about her unusual skill, asking her to "get the Mitchells out".

She said: "It's not always as good as it is in the videos - the lighting in my bedroom where I film them is just right.

  "I've got them out at parties before and it just doesn't work - I look like a right lemon." 

She added: "I'm thinking about launching a YouTube channel for them, but I'm not sure about the longevity.

"I think I'd have to come up with some funny sketches for them or introduce some new characters perhaps.

"But it could be really funny."

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