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Selasa, 30 April 2019

ARE WE MID-CULL?

Faye Brookes has announced she is leaving Coronation Street. The news comes days after Tristan Gemmill, who plays Robert Preson made a similar announcement on Twitter last Friday. Faye, who plays Kate Connor, Tweeted:

"Thanks to everyone for your amazing support, but after 4 fabulous years in Weatherfield it's time for me to explore new opportunities, I've loved playing Kate Connor, but she needs a break for a little while and so with a song in my heart I'm off to pastures new. #corrie."

Faye Brookes

The actress has had some big storylines of late, having been involved in the heartbreaking suicide story involving her on-screen brother Aidan played by Shayne Ward. And more recently following the factory roof collapse, we saw some of Faye's and Bhavna Limbachia’s strongest performances on the show as Rana died in the aftermath.

Tristan Gemmill’s announcement, also on Twitter said he was heading for “pastures new” whilst it was also reported that Kym Marsh, who plays Michelle Connor will also be leaving the cobbles. Kym has created her own TV series with former Hollyoaks favourite Gerard McCarthy. The series is called “Life Begins” but not much else is known about the project.

Kym revealed her latest project on Instagram

In 2018 the Blog spoke to new Corrie producer Iain MacLeod about his plans for the iconic soap, and asked him whether he was intending to have a character clear-out. He replied:

“I don’t tend to subscribe to the producer cull. Over the years on Corrie there have been producers who on day three of their tenure have been in the papers with a photo-shopped picture of them as the Grim Reaper alongside a list of people they are planning to kill. That’s never been my style. As I said I’m quite story-driven so there will be characters that go. But I haven’t got a hit list.”

It’s impossible to know who’s pushed and who's jumped when a new producer takes over, but things certainly are changing at Coronation Street studios. On the whole the response to Iain’s tenure so far has been positive. A few hiccups along the way haven’t gone unnoticed however, with Gemma and Chesney’s recent caravan adventures baffling some viewers.