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I had a little chat with Mr Rick Edwards, The Hollyoaks Music Show with Matalan.co.uk presenter. He told us about who he's looking forward to seeing on the show, his affiliations with Liverpool and, most importantly, his lazy eye...

Rick, is it true you've just filmed a scene for a cameo Hollyoaks?

 Yeah, I’ve upgraded. I was an extra in a scene over a year ago when I was just doing Sudoku in the back of The Dog, which, to be fair, I was pretty good at. This time I had a couple of lines, I tripped over some plastic reindeer - I did all my own stunts. I got to act with big John Pickard (Dom) and Gemma Merna (Carmel). It's a dream!

If you were to become a regular character in Hollyoaks what family would you be in?

I wouldn't mind being a surrogate father to Little Tom. He’s missing a father figure and I think I could be that father figure. Or, just in terms of excitement, for the number of bras you see - The McQueens! It’s incredible. I was looking around their house and there’s just bras everywhere!

Not everyone will know this, but Hollyoaks is filmed in Liverpool and you're a Liverpool fan. Was this a factor in your decision to present the Hollyoaks Music Show up here?

I thought it was and then I realised that we’d be filming every weekend, so I would not see a game. I’d just be tantalisingly close without getting to see it, but I’ll be slyly checking my phone all the way through the recordings to see how we’re getting on.

How did you become a Liverpool supporter? It doesn’t sound like you from around those parts.

No, I’m from Tottenham. My dad is mad on football and wanted me to be mad on football when I was a kid. He’d make me play football and take me to football and watch football on TV. I loved playing football immediately and I loved going to games, but I didn’t really enjoy watching it on TV – I thought it was boring. He was making me watch the 1986 FA Cup Final and I was not really into it, but my dad made me pick a team, so I picked the red team. The red team went one nil down and I went outside and I helped my mum make a cake and I came back in and the red team were 2-1 up and then won 3-1 and I was a Liverpool fan… and cake maker extraordinaire! My Victoria sponge is next level!

Which Hollyoaks Music Show act are you most looking forward to?

I’m looking forward to seeing Chipmunk. The Saturdays should be very agreeable and pleasing on the eye. Nice girls! There’s a lot of pop grime on the show too, which I’m a big fan of. It’s funny isn’t it? Seeing all the acts on the Hollyoaks set! That amuses me!

Are you starstruck yet?

I’m always a little bit starstruck. Mainly when I’m having lunch in the Hollyoaks canteen when I see the cast just chilling out, eating their roast dinner or whatever – that I like!

And finally, have you really got a lazy eye like your optician thinks? 

Well, the thing is, when I look at my eye, I don’t think so.

Readers, look at the picture at the top and tell us what you think (the right hand pic of Rick’s left eye is apparently the lazy one). Lazy eye or active visionary?