He made his TV debut on the cobbles back in September as new face of David Platt' stepson Max Turner.
But actor Paddy Bever's life off-screen is worlds away from the troubled teen's who has had a turbulent nine months what with a horror fall, the prospect of a prison stint and slicing his leg on smashed glass in Coronation Street.
Paddy, 19, took on the role from Harry McDermott, who played Max from 2010 onwards but left the soap to carry on with his acting studies and to see what other opportunities were available.