FORMER Hollyoaks actor Stuart Manning looks unrecognisable with a big bushy beard and glasses, as he reveals he had been working on an "exciting" new role.
The 40-year-old actor played Russell Owen in the soap between 2004 and 2009 and reprised his role for a brief stint last year.
But taking to Instagram yesterday, he revealed his "massive" beard was for a new role that had unfortunately been put "on ice" amid the ongoing worldwide pandemic. "My beard is massive, I’ve been growing it out for an exciting new role...
That’s now on ice for a while because of coronavirus," he shared. "Should the beard stay or go? Comment below." In 2019 the jobbing actor took to Instagram to post a short clip, giving fans an update as he arrived at a Mercedes.