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Will Mellor won huge praise for his performance in Mr Bates Vs The Post Office earlier this year, but the former Coronation Street star was very close to quitting acting before landing the ITV role
ITV Mr Bates vs The Post Office actor Will Mellor had an emotional reunion with the real-life victim he played, Lee Castleton, on Friday's episode of Good Morning Britain
Former subpostmaster Lee Castleton says he and his family are still “picking up pieces” of their lives after he was ordered to repay a shortfall of £25,000 as part of the Post Office scandal. Mr Castleton was made bankrupt by the Post Office after a two-year legal battle, and his story was recently portrayed in the ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office. “My family were abused on the street, it was just horrific, 20 years this has happened for me,” he told Good Morning Britain on Friday 2 February. “We’re still picking pieces up 20 years on.”
Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells was forced to hand back her CBE after more than a million people signed a petition demanding she was stripped of the award
The actor played Lee Castleton in the hugely successful ITV drama.