Coronation Street’s Tristan Gemmill debuts his freshly-dyed brunette locks as he ditches his signature silver hair after leaving the show
He was known as Coronation Street’s resident silver fox Robert Preston.
Yet since leaving the show, Tristan Gemmill has decided to ditch his signature locks in favour of freshly-dyed brunette hair and debuted the style on Monday’s Lorraine.
The actor, 52, revealed during his appearance that he wanted to try out the style for his new part in Harold Pinter’s play The Birthday Party, which is set to open in April.
New look! Tristan Gemmill has decided to ditch his signature locks in favour of freshly-dyed brunette hair and debuted the style on Monday’s Lorraine
During his appearance Lorraine quizzed him on his new hair do, and said: ‘You’ve gone from being a silver fox back to the dark hair, for a very good reason.
He replied: ‘Yes a couple of people have noticed that, I wanted to try something different for the play I wanted to have a particular look. So I’ve opted for this for the play.
‘And who knows if I like it then I might keep it!’
Smooth criminal: He was known as Coronation Street’s resident silver fox Robert Preston
Tristan also discussed his first role since leaving the Cobbles, where he said: ‘It’s a great play, I was intimated by Pinter for a long time and didn’t think I was quite clever enough. But he didn’t want to spoon-feed people… he’s a master of language.’
Lorraine questioned whether the coronavirus pandemic will affect the show, and he replied: ‘It’s show business as usual for now! We’re in the middle of rehearsals, we expect there may be disruptions but for now the show will go on.’
The Birthday Party is set at a dilapidated seaside boarding house and a celebration takes a nasty turn will two sinister strangers arrive unexpectedly.
Trying it out! During his appearance Lorraine quizzed him on his new hair do, and said: ‘You’ve gone from being a silver fox back to the dark hair, for a very good reason
Tristan’s co-star is former Corrie actress Michelle Collins, however the pair never worked on the long-running soap at the same time.
The star also touched on his time on the programme, and said: ‘It’s sort of like a family, it’s not like a normal job really. I miss that and I miss the family!
He also told an emotional story about a man who was encouraged to get a lump checked after watching Tristan’s cancer story line play out.
New role: The actor, 52, revealed during his appearance that he wanted to try out the style for his new part in Harold Pinter’s play The Birthday Party which is set to open in April (pictured on screen above)
Bitter end: Tristan joined Coronation Street in 2015 and his character faced a brutal end when he was killed off on Christmas Day in 2019
Tristan said: ‘A gentleman in Canada found a lump because of watching the show. It wasn’t’ good but he caught it early and his girlfriend contacted me.
‘He flew over and we did a tour of the set, that’s when Corrie is at its best.’
Tristan joined Coronation Street in 2015 and his character faced a brutal end when he was killed off on Christmas Day in 2019.