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Jessica Sansome

Corrie's Daniel Osbourne star Rob Mallard causes confusion with snap from another soap

Rob Mallard has caused confusion among Coronation Street fans as he shared a snap from his time on another soap.

The actor, who is best known for playing Daniel Osbourne in the ITV soap, took to Instagram with a bloodied selfie.

Rob, 29, shared the black and white photo in a rare post to his thousands of followers.

His long locks were bouncing around in an edgier, Elvis-inspired style while donning a leather jacket.

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But his face looked a bit battered and bruised with cuts to his nose and lips.

Luckily, it wasn't real and was all in the name of acting.

"Taken when working on @emmerdale," he captioned the post.

"Leather is real, bruises are fake. Aged 23," he added.

His followers, however, saw past the cuts and bruises and were asking the same question.

"Who were you on Emmerdale?" @jasondparkerandrews asked.

@allforcorrie wrote: "You were in emmerdale??"

"Emmerdale? @sarahsturgess82 simply commented.

@princessdariapalmer added: "I did not know you were in Emmerdale before Corrie when was this, what did I miss? Love Daniel! Good pic."

But there were people on hand to explain and revealed he played a guy named Connor Jenson.

Rob appeared in the Dales as Connor back in September 2015.

Rober Sugden hired rent-boy Connor to lure his father-in-law Lawrence White to bed.

He attempted to do so by painting his face with fake wounds and convinced Lawrence to take him to his home to help him.

Rob in Emmerdale (ITV)

But when Connor made a move on Robert's estranged father-in-law, he was rejected and turned nasty, beating Lawrence up before robbing his belongings and fleeing the village.

The following year Rob joined Corrie in the role of Daniel, the son of street stalwart Ken Barlow.

And he has faced some drama on those cobbles from pushing father Ken down the stairs to recently being accused of grooming pupil Summer Spellman.

There was heartache too when Daniel lost his wife Sinead to cervical cancer and is now raising their son Bertie on his own.

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