OHMYGOSSIP — Philip Olivier would return to ‘Brookside’ in a “heartbeat”.
The 41-year-old actor has described playing Timothy “Tinhead” O’Leary on the Liverpool-based soap – which ran on Channel 4 between from 1982 to 2003 – as the “best years” of his life as he praised the show’s creator Sir Philip Redmond.
Speaking to the Daily Star newspaper, he said: “They were the best years of my life. If it wasn’t for Sir Phil Redmond, if it wasn’t for ‘Brookside’, I wouldn’t have had the career I’ve carved for myself.
“In a heartbeat I would go back.”
The ‘Hearts and Minds’ star praised the series for being “always ahead of the game” and labelled it “such an honour” to be part of Phil’s life, while referencing his work creating the likes of ‘Hollyoaks’ and ‘Grange Hill’.
He said: “What Phil has done – not just ‘Brookside’, ‘Grange Hill’, ‘Hollyoaks’ – all the jobs he has created in Liverpool.
“People really don’t know the mastermind that is Phil Redmond and it’s such an honour to be a part of that guy’s life.”
Philip added that ‘Brookside’ – which featured the first pre-watershed kiss between two women and the first openly gay character on a British TV show – holds “a special place” in his heart.
He added: “If he were to ask me back in ‘Brookside’, of course I would do it. It holds a special place in my heart.”
And the actor revealed locals still call him “Tinhead” – a role he first played aged 15 – when he’s out and about in Liverpool.
He said: “When I’m going around the city and around the world, people are still calling me Tinhead. When I started when I was 15, I never would have thought I’d be 42 and people still call me Tinhead.”
Sir Phil recently teased there could be plans for a ‘Brookside’ return.
Speaking at the launch of a ‘Grange Hill’ film, he said: “I’ve also got all the old ‘Brookie’ crew and the ‘Hollyoaks’ gang saying they would love to be in it so who knows, if we’re going to do ‘Grange Hill’ this year, perhaps we’ll go to ‘Brookie’ next and ‘Hollyoaks’ the year after that – who knows?”

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