The Mandy Dingle actress shared her link to the singer in an old series
Emmerdale star Lisa Riley took to her social media as she shared an old TV link to a member of One Direction.
Actress Lisa Riley made her Emmerdale debut as the iconic and charismatic Mandy Dingle back in 1995, and although she made a brief departure she returned full-time in 2019.
However, Lisa hasn’t only starred in Emmerdale, as she played the role of Rebecca Patterson in hit ITV series Fat Friends from 2002. Written by Kay Mellor, the series followed the lives and weight-loss struggles of a group of people at a “Super Slimmers” club in Leeds.
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Lisa worked alongside James Cordon who played Jamie Rymer on the series, as well as the rest of the star-studded cast which included Sheridan Smith, Ruth Jones and Gaynor Faye.
However, taking to her Instagram, Lisa revealed that there was another unexpected star who appeared on the TV show alongside her – One Direction member Louis Tomlinson.
Next to a picture of her during an episode, she wrote: “‘WAY BACK WHEN WEDNESDAY’ last night someone sent me this absolute BELTER!!!
“This is a scene from @itv ‘Fat Friends’ where Me @lisajaneriley and James @j_corden our characters, best mates, Rebecca and Jamie are in hospital-as my character Rebecca is about to go into labour -look closely to see who the young lad in the waiting room is???? It’s gorgeousness himself @louist91 soooo cute!!! Good memories before he became part of the global sensation @onedirection”.
Fans in the comments couldn’t believe it was him, as @jessluciile replied: “MINI LOUIS OMG” and @harrietplusbabies added: “Omg I’ve watched these so many times and I’ve never noticed @louist91 Love Fat Friends!”
Louis Tomlinson shot to fame after his audition on the X Factor back in 2010. He auditioned singing “Hey There Delilah” by the Plain White T’s and receiving three “yeses” from the judges.
However, he failed to progress as a solo artist but was later brought back to form One Direction along with Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Liam Payne.
Fat Friends wasn’t his only acting move, as he also had roles in the BBC drama Waterloo Road and the ITV drama If I Had You, as well as starring as himself in iCarly and Family Guy.
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