Coronation Street star sparks rumours they’ve quit – less than a year after joining the cobbles

A CORONATION Street star has sparked rumours he’s the soap less than a year after joining.

Callum Lill, who plays evil solicitor Joel Deering in Coronation Street, has broken one of the ITV soap’s rules.

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He’s signed up to appear in a Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime in Bournemouth later this year.

But actors on the soap are contractually banned from working on pantomimes, which has previously caused upset among stars.

Whilst they are working on corrie, they aren’t allowed to cash in on pantos – they can only be cast once they’ve left the show.

A TV insider told The Sun: “Callum plays a villain on the show and, as soap rules dictate, baddies usually have a finite life on the cobbles so it’s likely we will see Joel get his comeuppance in the coming weeks, paving the way for Callum to do other things.”

It comes after Maureen Lipman sparked rumours she’s quit as Evelyn Plummer in the soap after landing her own panto part.

Callum recently teased a dark turn in Joel’s storyline after the character groomed and abused Lauren Bolton for months before trying to kill her when she threatened to expose him.

It recently was revealed Lauren is still alive and pregnant with Joel’s baby – sending him into desperation.

Callum told us: “I don’t think we’ve seen the worst of him yet. We definitely haven’t seen the worst of him yet. I won’t say any more.”

Meanwhile Callum was seen leading an F-word chant about England’s Euros loss on Sunday.

He didn’t take England’s 2-1 loss well as he later shared a clip of him singing an explicit song aimed at the Spanish team.

Dressed in an England shirt, Callum was seen standing on a table in the video.

He captioned it: “We didn’t win but Spain you can….”

In the post Callum chanted “stick your f****** tapas up your a*se”.

Coronation Street's 2024 shock exits

Corrie has said goodbye to several cast members this year. Let's break down who's left the famous soap:

Eliza Woodrow (Savannah Kunyo) has said farewell to Corrie to start a new life in Germany.

The youngster moved to live with her dad Dom Everett, who went back on the £10,000 bribe Eliza’s grandfather Stu had offered to keep him out of her life.

Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) will bow out of the soap this summer when he loses his fight with motor neurone disease (MND) in tragic scenes.

After being diagnosed last year, the fan favourite was devastated to learn he only had months left to live.

Viewers know he is planning to take his own life to end his suffering.

Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) departed the cobbles after being offered the opportunity of a lifetime to study in America.

Though she struggled to decide with her stepdad Paul’s impending death from MND, she was convinced she had to live her life to the full.

Simon Barlow (Alex Bain) has struggled with the sudden departure of his father Peter from the cobbles.

The Weatherfield legend left his family and loved ones behind on Boxing Day, 2023, when his wife Carla Connor encouraged him to travel around the world with a friend.

Simon’s been on a downward spiral ever since and his exit could end in tragedy.

Alya Nazir is set to leave the cobbles as actress Sair Khan prepares to go on maternity leave ahead of the birth of her first child.

It looks likely she’ll be heading to Dublin after securing a lucrative new job, leaving her colleague and fling Adam Barlow behind.

Show stalwart Sue Cleaver, who plays Eileen Grimshaw, is taking a break to star in the Sister Act The Musical UK tour. She will be back filming in May once her dates on the tour come to an end.

Her character left the Street after her son Jason broke his back after falling off a moped in Asia.