In a smashing interview with the Mirror, Helen Worth says that she thought for sure that was it, she was being written out after being charged with murdering her new husband Joe. Gail will be arrested at Joe's funeral in a couple of weeks but it's not the last we'll see of Helen by a long chalk and she's quite happy about that. Ms. Worth doesn't give interviews too often so it's a treat to hear her talk about her upcoming storyline and the filming inside a real prison. Gail's roller coaster history is mentioned, to which Helen comments "Calm stories are not fun stories are they? It has never been boring." She also adds, "I’d be in a mental institution if my life was like Gail’s." Indeed. Helen commutes from London. She gets out and about and does a lot of work for charities, especially ones that help preserve animals like the Born Free foundation. One thing that I didn't know is that she auditioned for two other characters before she got the part of Gail Potter. They don't say who, though. Even then, it took three years for "Gail" to really catch on.
Helen has been in show business most of her life, including appearances on stage as one of the Von Trapp children in Sound of Music and a part in 1968's Oliver. I remember seeing her in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and in an early Doctor Who episode as well.
Gail's upcoming storyline, which will include the return of Tracy Barlow, will be a major front burning storyline on Coronation Street, and I, for one, am looking forward to it. Gail has always been one of my favourite characters.
