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Jacob Roberts has revealed he hit a ‘low point’ after quitting Hollyoaks, before joining the cast of Coronation Street.
The actor, 34, claims he had a ‘total reality check’ when he was forced to go back to a manual labour job, three weeks before landing his stint on the cobbles.
Jacob plays Bernie Winter’s long-lost police officer son Kit in the ITV series and previously played Damon Kinsella in the Chester based soap from 2017 to 2023.
The soap star was forced to go back fitting aerials on rooftops while he struggled to find an acting job after leaving Hollyoaks a year prior.
He told The Mirror: ‘It was a low moment. Eight months previously I was on TV and now I was in the freezing cold rain on top of a roof, fiddling with a TV aerial.
Jacob Roberts, 34, has revealed he hit a ‘low point’ after quitting Hollyoaks, before joining the cast of Coronation Street (pictured on Hollyoaks)
The actor claims he had a ‘total reality check’ when he was forced to go back to a manual labour job, three weeks before landing his stint on the cobbles (pictured on Corrie)
‘It was winter and I was outside up a ladder in the cold, instead of inside in the warm doing lines – it was a total reality check and hard to take. I was dreading anyone recognising me and saying “Weren’t you on Hollyoaks?”.
At 27-years-old, Jacob got his big break when he got the news he would be working on Hollyoaks.
Despite making the decision to quit the Channel 4 soap, Jacob’s passion was always acting and hoped he would land a job on another soap.
When he received the call he would be going on Corrie, Jacob was over the moon and celebrated with his mother.
He added: ‘I bought a bottle of Champagne and took it round to drink with my mum. She’s a proper Corrie fan so she’s buzzing.’
Kit is the long-lost son of established character Bernie Winter (Jane Hazelgrove) and he admitted it was ‘surreal’ to have landed the job.
He said: ‘When I walked on set for the first time it actually felt a bit overwhelming because the attention to detail is just incredible, it actually makes you feel that you are on a real street.
‘I got a call just before Christmas and I submitted a self-tape.
Jacob plays Bernie Winter’s long-lost police officer son Kit (pictured) in the ITV series and previously played Damon Kinsella in the Chester based soap from 2017 to 2023
The soap star was forced to go back fitting aerials on rooftops while he struggled to find an acting job after leaving Hollyoaks a year prior
Kit is the long-lost son of established character Bernie Winter (Jane Hazelgrove) and he admitted it was ‘surreal’ to have landed the job (pictured on-screen with co-star Tina O’Brien)
‘I actually put it to the back of my mind and didn’t think much of it because I think I assumed I wasn’t successful after not hearing back.
‘Around a month later I was invited to a meeting, which was more of a casual audition, and after this was the screen tests which still had five people auditioning for the part but in the end, I got it and was delighted.’
Around the time of his debut, viewers saw Bernie disappointed as she tracked down a man with the same name and of the right age only for him to be the wrong person.
Teasing more about his upcoming time on the show, Jacob added: ‘Kit is working as a detective and has been brought in to try and solve the Lauren Bolton case and of course is Bernie’s secret son.
‘I do think he is going to be a very misunderstood character at first.
‘He’s been really hurt throughout his life and although he has a good heart, he has some deep-rooted resentment with his biological mum, which will be really interesting to play out.’
