A former Hollyoaks star hit out at the Love Islander’s performance
With Curtis Pritchard making his return to where it all began, a very unfortunate video of the Love Island All Stars contestant has resurfaced, showing the dancer’s ‘absolute car crash’ acting performance.
Along with his Strictly Come Dancing star brother AJ, the pair joined the Hollyoaks cast in a disastrous debut in 2021, despite it making waves on social media in 2021, some are only just discovering the painful performance now.
The reality TV favourites, originally from Nantwich, have joined the cast of TV soap set in the fictional borough of Hollyoaks in Chester. Both also professional dancers, known for appearing on Strictly Come Dancing and Love Island, the brothers joined the Channel 4 show as characters Marco and Jacob.
Curtis Pritchard appeared in Hollyoaks(Image: e4)
AJ, plays the mysterious dance school assistant Marco and Curtis, joins his brother for his first episode in a scene that went viral on social media, with many viewers blasting the “wooden” acting. Standing in a children’s play area the characters share ambiguous threats against Trish, played by Denise Welch.
Marco, played by AJ, tells Jacob that Trish has been left “heartbroken” after a failed engagement, leaving Jacob smiling and saying the news has “made my day.” Marco then laughs and says “it’ll be nothing compared to what we’ve got planned for her”, while swinging on a playground roundabout.
Curtis Pritchard appeared alongside his brother AJ (r) in Hollyoaks(Image: Channel 4)
The clip was shared on Twitter by user @JakeCP and was met with disdain online.Former Hollyoaks actor Gerard McCarthy, who played Kris Fisher on the show for four years from 2006 to 2010, said it was an “absolute car crash”.
Posting to X, he said: “The next time a producer/casting director says the words ‘but they have a big social media following’…. Just point them in the direction of this absolute car crash! It’s a simple idea: stop giving actors’ jobs to models / reality tv contestants / pop stars from 1995 / Crufts winners / anybody else who is not an actor. THEY WILL BE SH***.”
Viewers didn’t think much of Curtis’s acting skills(Image: Channel 4)
Michael Greco, best known for portrayed Beppe di Marco in EastEnders appeared to agree with Gerard’s sentiment. He said: “‘This is everything and more that is wrong with an industry I love. These people that suddenly come up with these casting ideas need to resign immediately. Shocking.”
Twitter user @giulioboards said: “Never before has a pair of people who are ACTUALLY RELATED interacted with less chemistry.” Becky De Winter also said: “Omg my fence is less wooden than these two.”
