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"Coronation Street star Malcolm Hebden has admitted that he is surprised by the popularity of his alter-ego Norris Cole. The 69-year-old actor made his debut in the role in 1994 - and the busybody shopkeeper has since become one of Weatherfield&amp;#039;s most recognisable characters. On how he copes with fame, Hebden told the Blackpool Citizen: &amp;quot;I am a private person. I live alone and I quite like it like that. I don&amp;#039;t hide away though, and I&amp;#039;ve been filmed shopping in Sainsbury&amp;#039;s on someone&amp;#039;s mobile phone once - it was on YouTube.  &amp;quot;You do have to be careful though. I don&amp;#039;t go out clubbing at night. For one thing I&amp;#039;m too old, but I don&amp;#039;t anyway because when people have had a few drinks their attitude can be slightly different.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;Norris is a very popular character in general though, and he&amp;#039;s also very popular with children, which surprises me. I would have thought he&amp;#039;d get on our nerves, but he doesn&amp;#039;t.&amp;quot; Norris&amp;#039;s current plot sees him constantly clashing with his estranged half-brother Ramsay Clegg (Andrew Sachs), who arrived on the street earlier this month. &amp;quot;The storyline is starting very slowly and at the moment I&amp;#039;m just being very vile to him, and I remain so until much later on when the true story comes out,&amp;quot; Hebden confirmed. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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