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Brookside legend Louis Emerick hits out at critics of soap stars as he insists there is still a 'stigma' against 'underestimated' actors in continuing TV dramas
The TV star, 64, made his name playing Mick Johnson on Channel 4 's now-defunct serial Brookside in the 1990s and later appeared on Coronation Street and Doctors
The TV star, 64, made his name playing Mick Johnson on Channel 4 's now-defunct serial Brookside in the 1990s (pictured alongside his co-star Kate Beckett as stalker Jenny Swift) He first appeared on Coronation Street in 1984 as a van driver and then returned to the country's longest-running TV soap in 2018 to play the old school teacher of Steve McDonald He even appeared opposite Daniel Craig (left) in the 2004 film Layer Cake as Liverpool gangster Trevor
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