Sam Aston says Coronation Street cast are 'down to earth'

Sam Aston says the \'Coronation Street\' cast are a "down to earth" family.

The 26-year-old actor - who plays Chesney Brown on the ITV soap - made his debut on the cobbles in 2003, and the star has revealed he was able to juggle going to school and being on set with the help of his supportive family and his grounded co-stars.

Speaking on Monday\'s episode of \'This Morning\' (17.06.19), he said: "You\'d have a minimum of three hours tutoring per day, you\'d finish on set and then you\'d go off and do your school work. I felt a big weight off my shoulders when I didn\'t need tutoring anymore.

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"Being there 15-16 years it\'s bizarre really. I suppose it\'s not an ordinary upbringing but I was very lucky with my family, my mum and dad, and as well though Corrie itself, everybody there is so normal and down to earth, I think if you did let it get to you a bit, it probably wouldn\'t."

And Sam insisted that when he went for his first audition for the soap, he wasn\'t nervous because he didn\'t "understand the magnitude" of the show.

He added: "I got the audition for \'Corrie\', but no [I didn\'t realise how big it was]. I was nervous but I think if I was to do it now, I\'d be like \'Oh my goodness\' because it\'s massive.

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"You don\'t understand the magnitude because when you\'re eight or nine years old because I was just doing something I enjoyed."

The ITV soap star also insisted that it was "daunting" growing up with the show and having to attend school, but he "soon made friends".

He said: "It\'s tough I suppose. I remember starting high school, it was a bit tricky because I went at a time when I was really busy in the show that was a bit daunting, but I soon made friends."