11/01/2007 - The Star
Ben Parr great in Hollyoaks
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11/01/2007 - The Star
Super turnout to see hunk Ben
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11/01/2007 -
IT ASDA be Ben!
Hollyoaks hunk Ben Parr had a trolly good time meeting families at the ASDA store in Handsworth, Sheffield.
Six hundred people turned up to meet him and get a FREE poster of Ben, as Hollyhoaks hunk and fireman dressed stripper Freddie.
The posters were being given away by his supportive local paper, The Star – at a roadshow organised to prome his debut in the TV soap.
And he was in gbig demand.
“We had Katie Price here the other week and Ben signed a lot more autographs. He was very popular with our shoppers,’’ said an ASDA spokeswoman.
Little Courtney Birks, aged six, of Eckington, and Tonia Burton, 10, of Handsworth, were amongst the younger fans who met the South Yorkshire soap star at his first ever signing session.
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11/01/2007 -
VOTE Ben and let Hollyoaks soap bosses you want to see more of him!
Pin up Ben is proving a BIG hit with viewers – who are voting him their favourite new character on the TV soap.
But we need YOUR votes to help keep him there and prove to telly bosses that you want Ben to stay in the show.
Almost 20,000 people had voted on the show’s web site and Ben had 74% of the vote, by Thursday, January 11.
There’s time to add your vote in this Week’s Poll. Vote Ben now at www.hollyoaks.com
“If I get enough votes they might decided to keep me in the show and I would like to develop the new character. That would be superb. So I want as many people as possible to vote for me,’’ said Ben, the son of St Elmo’s Fire rock star John Parr.
Also tell The Star if you would like to see more of him at starnews@sheffieldnewspapers.co.uk
Watch out for Ben in Hollyoaks, weekdays on Channel 4, at 6.30pm, and on E4 at 7pm and 8pm.
05/01/2007 -
FLAMING ‘eck!
Hot stuff Ben Parr is setting TV soap Hollyoaks alight – as a fireman stripper.
And he’s carrying the showbiz family torch.
The South Yorkshire hunk is the son of St Elmo’s Fire rock star John Parr.
He is sending temperatures soaring with a strip routine on Hollyoaks, dressed as a fireman.
The 6ft blue-eyed pin up stars as Freddie, a new flat mate for feisty Nancy Hayton, played by Jessica Fox, who first promised the room to her pal Mercedes McQueen, actress Jennifer Metcalfe.
When Mercedes protested, Freddie gave her the fireman’s lift out of the flat.
Black belt Ben, a three times Tae Kwon Do world champion, has been training 20-hours a week in the gym for his Full Monty-style reveal.
“When millions of people are about to see you stripping off on TV you want to be in your best shape,’’ said Ben, Doncaster born and bred, who turns 20 on January 16.
“I didn’t know what part I was getting when I signed up – but I couldn’t have asked for more exposure. On my first day some of the Hollyoaks girls asked if they could book me for parties. I told them I’m an actor – not a real stripper!
“I’m hoping soap fans will take to me so I can be given the chance to develop my character in Hollyoaks. Whatever happens, it’s a great opportunity.’’
He’s no stranger to the limelight – he grew up as dad John worked with showbiz royalty, including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tina Turner, Meat Loaf, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams, Demi Moore and the rest of the Brat Pack.
Ben did his school work experience on the Bond film set of Die Another Day, played a camp hairdresser in Oscar nominated short movie Road To Damascus, and fronted the music video for a remixed version of his dad’s St Elmo’s Fire, called New Horizon.
“Fame and celebrity won’t change me. I’ll still be the same me. I’ve grown up with it. It’s the norm,’’ said Ben, who lives with his dad, mum Sharon, young brother James and grandma Betty, in Sykehouse, near Doncaster.
“I’ve only been out of education just over a year. To be honest I was expecting it to be a lot longer before I got a break like Hollyoaks. My initial plan was to teach martial arts and do private fitness training. I was just being realistic.’’
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05/01/2007 - The Sun
HUNKY BEN’S JUST LIKE DAD
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2001320029-2007000586,00.html
05/01/2007 - Doncaster Free Press
ROCK STAR SON IS HOT: Doncaster Free Press
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02/01/2007 - The Star
Actor Ben sparks TV fame with strip scene: The Star, S Yorks
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