A facial reconstruction of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has sparked a wave of funny on X (formerly Twitter) posts, with users drawing comparisons between the classical composer and a Coronation Street legend.
The renowned Austrian composer, who passed away at the age of 35 in 1791, has been brought back to life in a sense, as a museum that claims to have his skull since 1902 employed cutting-edge 3D forensic facial reconstruction technology to envisage how he might have looked.
One amused X user shared the reconstructed image, quipping: “Why does Mozart look like Martin Platt? ” The character of Martin, portrayed by Sean Wilson from 1985 to 2005, was famously married to Gail, played by Helen Worth, on the soap.
The likeness didn’t go unnoticed by other users on the platform, with many concurring about the striking similarity. “They could be twins separated at birth,” concurred one individual.
A facial reconstruction of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has sparked a wave of funny on X (formerly Twitter) posts, with users drawing comparisons between the classical composer and a Coronation Street legend.
Another chimed in with: “It is literally Platty! ” While a further X user said: “Omg, he really does! Did Mozart also make cheese?” Meanwhile, another person humorously suggested: “So that is why he always managed to say Gail as two syllables… to fit his rhythm.”
Someone else couldn’t help commenting: “Funny how they’ve never been spotted in the same room together.”
It comes after Martin actor Sean said earlier this year that Corrie was facing a “crisis” – but he didn’t rule out the possibility of making a comeback. His departure from the soap came after a dispute over a controversial plotline where his character developed feelings for 16 year old Katy Harris, played 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 were 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.”
As reported by the Daily Star, he continued: “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.”
