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A facial reconstruction of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has prompted X (formerly Twitter) users to hilariously compare his look to a Coronation Street icon.
Austrian composer Mozart died aged 35 in 1791 in his native Austria, whilst a museum dedicated to his life came into ownership of what is believed to be his skull in 1902. Now, boffins have used modern 3D forensic facial reconstruction technology to recreate his face based on the bone.
Sharing a snap of the work, one X user asked: "Why does Mozart look like Martin Platt?" Martin was played by actor Sean Wilson from 1985 to 2005 and married Gail (Helen Worth).
Scores of other users on the platform agreed the resemblance was uncanny, meanwhile. "They could be twins separated at birth," one person said in agreement.
"It is literally Platty!" added another. A third person penned: "Omg, he really does! Did Mozart also make cheese?" A fourth joked: "So that is why he always managed to say Gail as two syllables... to fit his rhythm." Whilst a fifth quipped: "Funny how they’ve never been spotted in the same room together."
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Earlier this year, Sean claimed his former employers were in "crisis" and confirmed he might "consider" a return to the soap. He left the show following a disagreement over a storyline involving his character falling in love with 16-year old Katy Harris, portrayed by Lucy-Jo Hudson.
"I think the world of soaps is a different vehicle nowadays," he explained. I think I was part of the British soap industry at the best time, the halcyon years when there was 18 or 21 million people watching it. You could walk down the street on a Wednesday or a Friday and you could hear people laughing with their windows open because of the great writing and the great acting was really speaking to the nation. I don't think it does that so much nowadays."
According to the Daily Star, he went on: "There's lots of different reasons. There's too many channels to choose from which means there's a lot of choice. People don't have to watch it anymore. They were all segwayed together; you were five minutes from laughing and five minutes from crying. Nowadays it seems very much issue-centric, they're trying to solve the world's issues, which they're not going to do."