Jude Riordan has become a firm favourite with Corrie fans since he arrived in Weatherfield as Sam Blakeman in 2020. He was introduced as the secret son of Nick Tilsley and his ex Natasha Blakeman..
The 10-year-old character has been through tragedy recently with the heartbreaking loss of his mum in October after she was gunned down in a case of mistaken identity by gangster Harvey Gaskell who thought she was Leanne Battersby. The character became mute through his grief.
But recently he has been drawn out of his shell by playing chess with cafe owner Roy Cropper. And he appears to be sweet on his young chess opponent Jalena, played by child model and actress Kyrah Wallace.
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In Monday night's episode a smitten Sam admitted to Roy and his friend Hope Stape that he likes Jalena and Roy suggested Sam talked to his dad about matters of the heart. Nick was chuffed to help out and gave Sam some fatherly advice.
Jude shared a snap of himself in the soap green room with co-stars Isabella and Kyrah on Instagram and he told fans they were having 'so much fun.' He wrote: "Green Room fun with Bella and @thenortherncitygirl Kyrah really loved those scenes and the scenes Hope and Sam are having #corrie #corriekids #somuchfun #chessmasters."
Actress Rachel Leskovac who played his soap mum Natasha replied to Jude with a sweet message after the troubled time his grieving character has been through. She told him: "Love that you’ve got some people your age to work with."
Kyrah replied: "So much fun and what a team #coolestkids." She also posted photos of the fun times the youngest cast members on the world's longest-running soap. She captioned them: "Corrie Kids Crew! So much fun on and off set memories that will last forever here’s a few more behind the scenes."
And the compliments over their scenes came flooding in. Holmesjan90 said: "Aww Jude what a great actor you are playing Sam in Corrie and now you are into chess. And your relationship with Roy in the cafe is so lovely watch and now you have a young lady who is also interested in playing chess. Hope your friendship develops."
Coronation Street fan lydiaalty wrote: "You're a fantastic actor!! Keep up the fantastic acting and so cool to see you all being friends behind the scenes!! "Acting isn't just a job it's a place to meet new friends and make memories."
ann_marie_sw_reynolds praised: "Just love you three .......... great little actors xx" And holyroller411 said: "The 3 of you are great together, hope we see loads more of you on the show!"
