Emmerdale star star Jonathan Wrather has quit fame to embark on a surprising new career path.
The soap land super villain, best known for his role as Pierce Harris on the ITV soap, has instead launched a fresh-pressed juice and coffee bar.
Pierce Walter Harris was Tess Harris' widower and the former husband of Rhona Goskirk. Actor Jonathon's stint in the soap lasted from 2016 to 2017, when he was sentenced to five years imprisonment for raping Rhona.
However, he returned briefly two and a half years later, after being released from prison, and murdered Rhona's then-boyfriend Graham Foster.
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The star also appeared in rival soap Coronation Street between 2002 and 2003 as ex-con Joe Carter who was head-hunted by Mike Baldwin to be the new Underworld manager.
After a year at the factory, Joe tried to scam Mike by setting up fake invoices for a dummy company called Artrec and pocketing the paid proceeds. He left the area when Mike rumbled the scheme and Joe's accomplice, Karen McDonald, ratted him out to save her own skin.
But now Jonathaton has left his soap opera days behind him and embarked on a new career path entirely as he opens a new juice and coffee bar in London.
In an interview with The Sun he spoke of the idea behind his new venture: “Moving to Alderley Edge from London five years ago with a young family, we spent a lot of time in the village park. I began juicing and became intrigued by the health benefits that can be gained from drinking raw cold pressed fruit and vegetable juices
“As an actor who has spent long periods away from home, touring or away on set, I know it’s not always easy to eat well and look after myself. I bought a juicer and began researching and reading religiously about nutrition and juicing."
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