Post by CG Wendy on Sept 19, 2013 17:00:27 GMT
From the Mirror online
www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/coronation-street-kym-lomas-character-2284206
This was rumoured last year too, and was denied by the Corrie bosses. I always believed that rumour though, and looks like my suspicions were true when the ending of the Karl storyline was in sight.
I will never accept her as legendary landlady status. Annie Walker and Bet Gilroy were legendary landladies. Michelle not so much
www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/coronation-street-kym-lomas-character-2284206
Show bosses have tempted 37-year-old Kym, who plays Michelle Connor, with big money and a long-term contract.
New name above the door: The Rovers Return
New name above the door: The Rovers Return
ITV
Coronation Street star Kym Lomas is being lined up to become landlady of the Rovers Return.
Show bosses are believed to have tempted 37-year-old Kym, who plays Michelle Connor, with big money and a long-term contract.
She joined the cast in 2006 and is popular with viewers. A friend said: “It has always been a dream for her.
“To land the Rovers job could mean she will be there for ever. Bosses love her, fans love her and she loves Corrie – so it all adds up nicely.”
Current landlady Stella Price, played by Michelle Collins, is set to move out when Michelle’s boyfriend Steve McDonald matches the asking price for the pub.
The move coincides with the return Beverley Callard as Steve’s mum and former Rovers boss Liz McDonald.
But it will be Michelle’s name above the pub door - delighting her fans who will see her quit her job at the factory to start pulling pints.
“Kym adores doing Corrie and we are expecting her to become cemented as an iconic Rovers landlady,” the insider added.
Steve McDonald finds himself getting closer to Michelle Connor when he gets rid of Niall from the cab office after catching him hassling Ryan Connor
Behind the bar: Michelle and Steve
ITV
The London-born Michelle, 51, settled in after a bumpy arrival with viewers turned off by her “dodgy” southern accent.
She also regularly agonised about travelling between her home in London and a place in Manchester.
And she had continuing concerns for her teenage daughter Maia who was in the middle of her crucial GCSE’s.
Michelle said: “Stella Price has been a revelation to play. So much has happened to the character since we discovered she was Leanne’s (Jane Danson) real mum.
"From catching Karl (John Michie) with barmaid Sunita (Shobna Gulati) to her near death experience in the Rovers fire – I’ve loved playing Stella and will be very sorry to leave her behind.
“Creatively I need to play other roles and I’ve ambitions as an actress that I’d like to fulfill. I’m also looking forward to spending more time with my daughter Maia.”
Corrie producer Stuart Blackburn said: “We wish Michelle every happiness as she moves on to pastures new.
“Her character has made a tremendous impact and has deservedly earned her the status of a classic Coronation Street matriarch.”
Kym as landlady means she would follow in the likes of the legendary Annie Walker (Doris Speed), Bet Gilroy (Julie Goodyear), Jack and Vera Duckworth (Bill Tarmey and Liz Dawn), Natalie Barnes (Denise Welch) and Liz McDonald (Bev Callard).
New name above the door: The Rovers Return
New name above the door: The Rovers Return
ITV
Coronation Street star Kym Lomas is being lined up to become landlady of the Rovers Return.
Show bosses are believed to have tempted 37-year-old Kym, who plays Michelle Connor, with big money and a long-term contract.
She joined the cast in 2006 and is popular with viewers. A friend said: “It has always been a dream for her.
“To land the Rovers job could mean she will be there for ever. Bosses love her, fans love her and she loves Corrie – so it all adds up nicely.”
Current landlady Stella Price, played by Michelle Collins, is set to move out when Michelle’s boyfriend Steve McDonald matches the asking price for the pub.
The move coincides with the return Beverley Callard as Steve’s mum and former Rovers boss Liz McDonald.
But it will be Michelle’s name above the pub door - delighting her fans who will see her quit her job at the factory to start pulling pints.
“Kym adores doing Corrie and we are expecting her to become cemented as an iconic Rovers landlady,” the insider added.
Steve McDonald finds himself getting closer to Michelle Connor when he gets rid of Niall from the cab office after catching him hassling Ryan Connor
Behind the bar: Michelle and Steve
ITV
The London-born Michelle, 51, settled in after a bumpy arrival with viewers turned off by her “dodgy” southern accent.
She also regularly agonised about travelling between her home in London and a place in Manchester.
And she had continuing concerns for her teenage daughter Maia who was in the middle of her crucial GCSE’s.
Michelle said: “Stella Price has been a revelation to play. So much has happened to the character since we discovered she was Leanne’s (Jane Danson) real mum.
"From catching Karl (John Michie) with barmaid Sunita (Shobna Gulati) to her near death experience in the Rovers fire – I’ve loved playing Stella and will be very sorry to leave her behind.
“Creatively I need to play other roles and I’ve ambitions as an actress that I’d like to fulfill. I’m also looking forward to spending more time with my daughter Maia.”
Corrie producer Stuart Blackburn said: “We wish Michelle every happiness as she moves on to pastures new.
“Her character has made a tremendous impact and has deservedly earned her the status of a classic Coronation Street matriarch.”
Kym as landlady means she would follow in the likes of the legendary Annie Walker (Doris Speed), Bet Gilroy (Julie Goodyear), Jack and Vera Duckworth (Bill Tarmey and Liz Dawn), Natalie Barnes (Denise Welch) and Liz McDonald (Bev Callard).
This was rumoured last year too, and was denied by the Corrie bosses. I always believed that rumour though, and looks like my suspicions were true when the ending of the Karl storyline was in sight.
I will never accept her as legendary landlady status. Annie Walker and Bet Gilroy were legendary landladies. Michelle not so much
