Jimmy McKenna asks Hollyoaks bosses to tempt Nancy Sinatra into cameo

Jimmy McKenna has asked \'Hollyoaks\' bosses to try to tempt Nancy Sinatra into a guest role.

The 65-year-old actor has enjoyed blasting out some Frank Sinatra classics as his character Jack Osborne - who he has played since 1996 - and he recently suggested to the Channel 4 soap\'s producers that they should try to recruit the late singing legend\'s 79-year-old daughter for a cameo.

Asked about his dream plot for Jack, he said: "I want him to become Frank Sinatra. I adore Sinatra - I\'m always on set singing his songs, and I think that\'s seeping through into the character.

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"I\'ve done a few Sinatra numbers as Jack, and it gives me a buzz.

"I was joking with all the bosses last week that they should try to get Nancy Sinatra on the show - it\'s a long shot, but with \'Hollyoaks\', you never know."

Jimmy admits there is always plenty of "craziness" in Soapland, and he believes legendary late playwright William Shakespeare - widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the history of the English language - would be penning soaps if he was still around nowadays.

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Speaking about Jack\'s life in the Hollyoaks village, he added to Inside Soap magazine: "He\'s been a bit of a philanderer, hasn\'t he?

"Four wives, and loads of girlfriends. I was laughing with Gillian Taylforth about that at the British Soap Awards the other day, as she came into the show a few years ago [as Sandy Roscoe] and turned out to be the mother of Jack\'s son, Darren.

"It\'s just the craziness of Soapland, isn\'t it? It\'s similar to Shakespeare - if he was alive today, he\'d be writing soaps."