And it isn't even a confidence trick.
Mind you, not only did Sir Ian McKellen appear on Coronation Street a few years back, as has been pointed out, but Sir Derek Jacobi said that, now that he's done a Doctor Who, going on Corrie was his main unfulfilled ambition.
Anyway, lovely painting there, Bugsda. I think Ral Partha used to do a Mr Waverley look-alike long ago, but that'd probably be on the tiny side. A proxy for April Dancer (The Girl from UNCLE) could probably be found somewhere too.