Emmerdale star Will Ash has spoken about his real-life cousin Peter Ash's emotional Coronation Street storyline.
The Ash family are currently making a major impact in the soap world, with both taking centre stage in big storylines.
Will joined the cast of Emmerdale late last year as Caleb Miligan, the long-lost brother of Cain and Chas Dingle. He's currently involved in Super Soap Week, as Caleb worries about Chas being in danger with gangster Harry.
Meanwhile, Peter has been playing Coronation Street's Paul Foreman since 2018. Earlier this year, Peter confirmed that he'll be leaving the show as his character Paul has been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND), which has no cure.
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When Digital Spy caught up with Will at an Emmerdale press event last week, we asked whether he has been tuning into the rival soap to see his cousin's scenes.
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Will told us: "I saw a bit of it the other day and he's brilliant, isn't he? It's so good what he's doing – he's just fantastic.
"I saw the episode where he got the wheelchair, with the scene in the pub afterwards, and he was just brilliant.
"I don't watch that much telly but I was round at my mum's and we watched it together. He's doing fantastic.
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"It's a shame, actually, that he's going to have to eventually leave. He's been brilliant in it and he's a top lad."
Will also recalled how Peter first got into acting, admitting that his cousin's career took off much more quickly than he was expecting.
He laughed: "Footballers' Wives was his first job. He's a bit younger than me and his mum said: 'Oh, he wants to be an actor'.
"I said he needed to go to drama school because it's really hard to get a job. Then a week later he went for Footballers' Wives and got that job!"
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Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 7.30pm on ITV1, and streams on ITVX.
