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"Hollyoaks newcomer Elliot James Langridge has spoken for the first time about his new role in the Channel 4 soap.  At the end of last month, Langridge&amp;#039;s character Dave Colburn arrived in the village and quickly formed a friendship with Josh Ashworth (Sonny Flood).  Both Dave and Josh can currently be seen in Hollyoaks&amp;#039; online spinoff The Morning After The Night Before. Upon their return, Dave will become a regular in the village and in September, will feature heavily as part of the new student intake.  Speaking of his role, he told DS at this year&amp;#039;s Inside Soap Awards launch: &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s a ladies&amp;#039; man... and he&amp;#039;s a bit of a mess but everyone loves him. He&amp;#039;s this charismatic party animal... He&amp;#039;s one those characters that you kind of get the feeling he&amp;#039;s got too much good luck. Some day down the road, he&amp;#039;s going to get kicked in the arse for something. But you never really know... he&amp;#039;s unpredictable. &amp;quot;I [originally] auditioned for a very small part and I didn&amp;#039;t get it. Then I got a call back to say that they wanted me to play this other lead role and so I didn&amp;#039;t even have to audition [again]. I was very lucky.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s got a lot of things he needs to do, so hopefully there&amp;#039;s going to be a lot of fun with this guy....&amp;quot; Click &amp;#039;play&amp;#039; to watch the interview below.  Additional reporting by Chris Allen "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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