December 19th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry. No comments Axed star Steven Arnold has confessed he was Corrie’s biggest backstage joker. The 36 year old star, best known as hapless butcher Ashley Peacock, admitted that he often used his keen sense of humour to pass the long days spent waiting about on set. In an interview with The News Of The World Steven laughed: “We never owned up to that stuff. That was half of the fun. You could spend 12 hours a day sitting around waiting to do a scene, so we’d pass the time by playing practical jokes.” On the funniest plotline the actor, who was today confirmed as a contestant on the 2011 series of dancing On Ice, added: “Playing an elf to sell reindeer meat with Santa Fred Elliot at Christmas 1999! That was hilarious.” Follow us on Twitter ! Get the latest news and chat with @ unrealitytv Categories: Soaps Tags: Coronation Street , Steven Arnold View the original article here