Oliver sends a sports college application for Christian against his will which makes him angry and confused. Christian shoves him away, stating that he is straight. At the boxing club later on, Oliver goes to him to clear the misunderstanding but ends up kissing him. When Christian finds out about Coco's kiss with Oliver, he confronts Oliver and accuses him of pretending to be gay in order to get his girlfriend. However at the same time, Oliver begins to develop feelings for Christian, which are cemented during a camping trip and realizes that he has fallen in love with him. Christian begins to have relationship problems with Coco, resulting in her falling in love and sharing a kiss with Oliver, which they decide to keep it as a secret from Christian. When he learns about Olli's sexuality, he is not comfortable sharing the flat with him but later apologises realising his mistake. Later, he meets Olivia's cousin and Charlie (Gabriele Metzger) and Lars' nephew Oliver Sabel ( Jo Weil), who later shares the apartment with Lars, Christian and Coco. He starts dating Nico von Lahnstein (Verena Zimmermann), but breaks up with her and starts a relationship with Coco Faber (Mariangela Scelsi), when he discovers Nico made Coco write love letters to him and sign them as Nico, during the time he was in prison. He goes to prison again because of being falsely accused for assaulting Nico's boss. After being released, Christian moved to Düsseldorf with Gregor. While Christian served his father's sentence, his father died and it is revealed he was 'in handcuffs' while visiting his father's grave. He was convicted when he took the blame for a crime committed by his father, Wolfgang (Jürgen Haug), knowing his father wouldn't be able to endure prison with a weak heart. During his childhood he had to cope with his mother's suicide and his father's gambling addiction. Storyline Ĭhristian is the younger brother of Gregor Mann (Andreas Jancke). He returned filming in June 2013, with his onscreen return planned for September. But it was since announced that the actor wouldn't return full-time, but in a limited capacity. Original reports suggested that Schölermann will return to filming in early 2013. He made his last appearance on 17 September 2013. It was reported on 27 August 2012 that Schölermann is supposed to take an extended break from Verbotene Liebe. He debuted in his new role on 18 October 2012. In June 2012, it was announced that Thore Schölermann will host the second season of ProSiebenSat.1's casting-show The Voice of Germany. The pairing received huge international attention and following and is considered a supercouple. This step proves to be a gold mine for the show.

Verbotene Liebe head writer Tom Chroust decides to write a coming out storyline for Christian, pairing him with Oliver. Christian is supposed to serve as the new heartthrob, finding himself eventually in a love triangle between two young women.Īfter a little bit over a year, actor Jo Weil returns to the show as Oliver Sabel, a role he established in 1999.

In summer 2006, newcomer Thore Schölermann gets cast in the role of Christian Mann, who's the younger brother of the already established character Gregor Mann. In 2011, the fictional couple got voted 'Most Beautiful Couple' at the 1st German Soap Awards. The character has an international following and was praised for being one half of the same-sex pairing with Oliver Sabel. However, it was later reported that the actor will not return full-time but in a limited capacity. Schölermann was initially supposed to take a break after December 2012. He is portrayed by actor Thore Schölermann from 27 November 2006. Christian Mann is a fictional character on German soap opera Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love).

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