Aaron McCusker: ‘If I was named James Bond, it wouldn’t match the thrill Mum got when she heard I was in Corrie’

Forty years after his mother dragged a reluctant seven-year-old to his first audition in Portadown, the Armagh actor is pulling pints as the Rovers Return’s new landlord. From Shameless to Bohemian Rhapsody, he tells how a childhood part he didn’t want led to the biggest role of his career