Craig Charles 'fined for sleeping on set'

Craig Charles has been fined for falling asleep in his Coronation Street dressing room, according to reports.

The 45-year-old actor, who portrays cabbie Lloyd Mullaney in the serial, dozed off while he was due on set to shoot a scene which then had to be scrapped, says the News of the World.

Producer Phil Collinson is also thought to be clamping down on punctuality issues on the show, with an alleged sting of 15% of the actors' episode fee, between £500 to £1,000.

"Many of the stars are often very late for their call times. There were a few moans when Phil introduced the fines system," an insider revealed.

However, another source offered an explanation to the Daily Star: "He'd been doing his DJing until 2am the night before he fell asleep. He was just really tired. Craig loves being on Corrie and is very settled."

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