Post by sootycat on Mar 28, 2011 11:00:35 GMT
From DS
Coronation Street star Chris Gascoyne has revealed that he has had issues with alcohol in the past.
The actor, who plays alcoholic Peter Barlow in the ITV1 soap, insisted that he was never addicted to drinking but often used it to deal with problems in his life.
"I can definitely relate to my character," he told the News of the World. "I'm not saying that I was ever an alcoholic but I've overcome problems with drink. I think there are low times in everybody's life, mostly the time when we're overcoming problems.
"There have been lots of low points in my life and that's where you learn and get your strength to get through it and come back to the good place. But anybody who drinks to excess should know it will cause you problems."
Gascoyne was banned from driving for a year and fined £500 in 2008 after being caught drink driving in Llandudno, Wales.
He added: "I think the storyline was a bit of a dig. I suppose it was their way of giving me a little bit of a slap on the wrists for what happened."
The soap star recently confessed that he would like to see Peter and wife Leanne (Jane Danson) settle down for good.
"Because I've just had a huge storyline, they have given me and Jane a break," he said. "So maybe next time it will be babies. I think a girl would be great, it would bring out a different side of him."
Coronation Street star Chris Gascoyne has revealed that he has had issues with alcohol in the past.
The actor, who plays alcoholic Peter Barlow in the ITV1 soap, insisted that he was never addicted to drinking but often used it to deal with problems in his life.
"I can definitely relate to my character," he told the News of the World. "I'm not saying that I was ever an alcoholic but I've overcome problems with drink. I think there are low times in everybody's life, mostly the time when we're overcoming problems.
"There have been lots of low points in my life and that's where you learn and get your strength to get through it and come back to the good place. But anybody who drinks to excess should know it will cause you problems."
Gascoyne was banned from driving for a year and fined £500 in 2008 after being caught drink driving in Llandudno, Wales.
He added: "I think the storyline was a bit of a dig. I suppose it was their way of giving me a little bit of a slap on the wrists for what happened."
The soap star recently confessed that he would like to see Peter and wife Leanne (Jane Danson) settle down for good.
"Because I've just had a huge storyline, they have given me and Jane a break," he said. "So maybe next time it will be babies. I think a girl would be great, it would bring out a different side of him."