HE WAS once a villain on TV soap Coronation Street but after that he felt typecast. Now Scottish actor Gray O’Brien is enjoying being back on our screen in a very different role, in ITV’s six-part Highlands murder mystery The Loch.
In an interview with the Daily Record he reveals that he had been very close to his mother and her death last year had been a huge blow at a time when he was feeling very low. A visit to a medium proved to be a turning point.
“I originally went along for no particular reason, and was very sceptical,” he told Emma Donnan. “But I couldn’t understand how stuff was happening when I was there – certain candles going out, things she knew and I couldn’t see how. It really opened my eyes.
“We developed a good relationship and talk regularly. She passes on bits and pieces, and sends me reiki to re-energise me if I am tired. When I lost Mum last year, I found it very difficult to let go, as I was so close to her. The medium told me how to deal with it.
“It is difficult to talk about but I believe in it very much. The medium told me I could move on now. She told me I could leave Scotland, so I am.”
