Snoop Dogg pursues Coronation Street role
11th July 2010
US hip hop star Snoop Dogg has revealed he is a fan of Coronation Street and wants a cameo part in the show.
Snoop told fans during a visit to Manchester, ahead a concert at the city's Apollo, that he had asked his agent to negotiate him a role.
Snoop, who has followed the soap for 11 years, believed that Granada TV producers had responded with interest.
A spokeswoman for Granada said: "He's obviously a great character but hard to see how he'd fit into Weatherfield. "
She said they had yet to receive an approach from the performer, whose real name is Calvin Broadus.
I love the whole dynamic, the way it is put together
Source: BBC News - Entertainment
