Coronation Street legend Bill Roache, who has played Ken Barlow for 60 years, has revealed he believes he is getting younger each year due to positive thinking. The 88-year-old actor, who holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-serving male television star in a continuous role, insists he has no plans to retire.
In an interview with The Sun, Roache said: 'I'm getting younger every day. A lot of it is just belief. It's a collective consciousness, ''Oh I am too old for this''. It's all in the mind. I wasn't joking when I said I was getting younger every year.'
He added: 'If you think positively, your cells will renew themselves all the time. If you go down, the renewal process will go down. If you stay up, the renewal process will go up. You don't have to age as much as people think. I'm not, anyway.'
Roache recently returned to the soap's set alongside Barbara Knox, 87, who plays Rita Tanner, to film scenes for Coronation Street's 60th anniversary special, which will air in mid-December. The soap confirmed their return on social media, writing: 'Coronation Street legends William Roache and Barbara Knox are back filming on the cobbles this week!'
