Coronation Street star Ben Price flogging Skype video messages for £50 to fund new film making career
CORONATION Street star Ben Price is flogging Skype video messages for £50 a pop to fund his new film-making career after leaving the Cobbles.
The actor, who is quitting the soap as Nick Tilsley, is offering fans an exclusive 20 minute online chat about his new short film Hope Dies Last – and is throwing in a free signed poster and digital download as a bonus.
The money raised will go towards helping him fund his third short movie once he has left the ITV soap as Bistro owner Nick this summer.
An advert on his company Bolo Films’ Instagram page explained: “For a pledge of £50 you will receive an exclusive 20 minute Skype Q&A with the Director Ben Price, an in depth chat about the film, its creation and how the process of making the film was accomplished.
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“You will also receive a signed poster by the cast and crew, the digital download of the film a week before its release you will be able to watch till the end of the film to see you name in the credits 'With Thanks' from all of us at Bolo Films.”
Ben played Nick Tilsley for seven years and will be written out in a "dramatic exit" this summer after quitting to spend more time with his family.
Ben, 45, married wife Alexandra in 2005. They have daughter Paloma, ten, and son Max, seven.
Last month, he said of his decision to quit Corrie: “The decision is purely personal — I want to spend more time with my family.
“I have had the most glorious storylines and for that I am most grateful.”
The actor, who had a mega-bucks deal on the soap before quitting last month, has already written and directed two shorts, one of which is titled Taubman and stars his fellow Corrie co-star, Jack P.Shepherd.
Taubman was well received by a number of film festivals and has even received massive interest from New York and Palm Springs Film Festival since its release.
A source said: “Ben is said to be trying to step away from being in front of the camera as much as possible and reckons this is the perfect way to do so.”
Ben, who is also known for his roles in Footballers Wives and Casualty, is so serious about his new career he has also booked himself to appear at a string of Q&A sessions and masterclasses at upcoming film festivals this year.