Hollyoaks fans panicking as show legend sparks fears he is leaving amid cast cull
Gregory has been on the show since 2016 (Picture: Lime Pictures)
Hollyoaks legend Gregory Finnegan has caused concern amongst fans who fear he might be leaving the show.
Gregory, 43, has played lawyer James Nightingale, the husband of Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson) in the Channel 4 soap since 2016.
The character is currently embroiled in a huge story that has seen him come head to head with villainous Warren Fox (Jamie Lomas), after Ste accidentally knocked down and killed his daughter Ella (Erin Palmer).
In February, it was announced that up to 130 jobs, including 20 cast members, would be cut at the show’s production base in Childwall, Liverpool, following the decision to reduce the weekly output from five to three episodes.
These new, shorter instalments, will begin in September and a UK soap first permanent time jump is planned to sky-rocket the drama one year into the future.
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James is married to Ste in the show (Picture: Lime Pictures)
It’s understood that this is to facilitate the large number of exits, with legendary original character Cindy Cunningham, played by Stephanie Waring, confirmed to be one of them.
Meanwhile, unconnected to the changes, Jamie Lomas and Ross Adams (who plays Scott Drinkwell) will also be departing.
Jonas Khan who portrays Zain Rizwaan will also be leaving.
In the last week, three more characters bowed out of the Chester village – Lizzie Chen-Williams (Lily Best), her brother Mason (Frank Kauer) and Hunter McQueen (Theo Graham).
Gregory posted new headshots to his Instagram (Picture: Lime Pictures)
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Now, fans are convinced that Gregory is amongst the growing numbers of departees after he collaborated an Instagram post with a photographer that has taken his new headshots.
Commenting on the update he said: ‘Had such a lovely shoot with James – really pleased with how they came out too…. My last headshot was taken around 12 years ago so was high time I had a bit of update! Gx’
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‘Aw god this is a sign you are leaving Hollyoaks 😥 new headshots’ added one fan.
Another replied: ‘If he has had headshots done it means he will be leaving Hollyoaks in September 😢 Im not happy about this #Hollyoaks.’
A spokesperson for Hollyoaks declined to comment on cast contracts.
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