Ijaz Rana has "never" celebrated a birthday.
The \'Hollyoaks\' actor - who plays Imran Maalik - turned 20 yesterday (15.04.20) and while he isn\'t into having a big bash on the anniversary of his birth, he would love to see every character in the Channel 4 soap "involved with each other" in the show\'s upcoming 25th anniversary.
He said: "Here\'s a cool fact about me: I\'ve never celebrated a birthday.
"I don\'t really do celebrations. Maybe I\'m just boring! But I think it would be cool to do a storyline where every character is involved with each other.
"For example, Imran has never worked with Mercedes. It doesn\'t have to be a serious storyline, it could just be something like a huge dance-off with all the characters. That would be funny."
And Ijaz might fancy his chances if the dance-off became competitive, because he has been known to throw some shapes on screen in the past.
He said: "I didn\'t used to dance in public before \'Hollyoaks\', but we did an advert for Channel 4, and the director told me to just bust out some moves.
"So I let loose for 45 minutes, and since then I\'ve had to dance quite a few times for the storyline."
Ijaz admitted he has learnt the most from his on-screen mum Harvey Virdi (Misbah Maalik), and gets "excited" when he works with her in a scene.
He added to Inside Soap magazine: "Every single day I come on to set and learn something new from Harvey.
"Just her manners on set is something I look up to, and something I want to achieve. I\'m excited when I see that Harvey\'s in a scene."
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