Actor Will Mellor was rushed to hospital after a stunt he was performing went wrong.

Mellor was filming for the BBC Three sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and was required to slide across a car bonnet. He did so and landed badly, damaging his knee ligaments.

He told The Sun: “I landed badly and my knee just gave way. I hit the floor like a sack of potatoes. I did the scene in one take though, so the director was happy!

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Former Hollyoaks actor, Will Mellor, has described his role in the second episode of Merlin as his dream job. In the episode Mellor played evil Knight Valiant and I didn’t actually think he did the role any justice whatsoever.

“It was phenomenal, what dreams are made of,” Mellor told the Manchester Evening News. “I had a great character to play, with horse riding and sword fighting in a stunning setting.”

However the high temperatures in Paris posed a problem during filming for Mellor due to his bulky costume. Read more & comment »

Ex Hollyoaks actor, Will Mellor has confirmed that they will be filming an eighth series of BBC Three comedy, ‘Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.’

Mellor, who plays Gaz Wilkinson in the show, told Metro: “Every series ends with what seems like the very final episode, just in case the cast don’t want to do another one. We film it from November to January, which is a dead period in television so we’re all around to do it.”

He admitted that filming a live episode in the last series had been a hair-raising experience, saying: “After the event it was great but beforehand we were terrified. They made me juggle flaming batons and then eat fire. I burnt the s**t out of my tongue. Then I had to ride a mini motorbike. Read more & comment »