Coronation Street Blog: Meet Corrie's new Chinese girl, Xin

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Meet Corrie's new Chinese girl, Xin

Here's the first pictures of Elizabeth Tan in her role as Xin, Tina McIntyre's waitress friend. Her first scenes were filmed in Chinatown in Manchester according to The Sun - which I look forward to, because I love seeing Coronation Street filming on location.

There have also been whispers about Corrie bringing in the rest of Xin's family, to run Prima Donner, which I hope is true, but I won't believe it until it is confirmed.

Pictures courtesy of Contact Music.

12 comments:

Frosty the Snowman said...: We need more ethnic families brought in to Corrie. Where are the Muslims, black and Asian people?. Apart from Dev and Sunita there aren't any which is not a true reflection of life in Manchester in 2011. Instead of promoting his own gay issues Phil Collinson should take this on board.; 11 January 2011 at 08:06
Anonymous said...: No, we need entertainment - not social engineering. Read what Harry Kershaw had to say on the subject in Sean Egan's book (as related by John Finch). Still relevant today.; 11 January 2011 at 09:06
Chewy said...: If they bring in more ethnicities, they need to bring them in slowly, and make them story related not just brought in for representation; 11 January 2011 at 10:57
Anonymous said...: What's Cheryl, Lloyd? We had Joanne, Kelly and others before..; 11 January 2011 at 11:03
Anonymous said...: @ the anonymous above me. Also Vikram, if you remember him.; 11 January 2011 at 13:24
Sea Penguin said...: I miss Darryl from Prima Doner.; 11 January 2011 at 16:09
Cobblestone said...: I'd rather like to see Vik Desai back, actually. Chris Bisson has matured as an actor and it would be interesting to see him as an slightly older Vikram interacting with his old best mate, Steve. A damn sight more interesting than his ridiculous cousin, Devendra, whom frankly he can act out of a rubber - ...(well, I'm, going no further, but anyone who has seen the pair of them in 'East is East' can fill in the rest)
And what about Nita Desai? His sister? Wasn't she packed off to Edinburgh (to manage a Betterbuys store, was it ??) She was a focused, professional young woman? How about her returning?

Must admit, I'm rather liking the idea of a regular Chinese family, so long as it's done right. Please God, not a sinese version of the ridiculous Bollytops that Dev became embroiled with a couple of years ago!; 12 January 2011 at 02:43
Philip said...: Well Chris Bisson is now a member of the cast of Emmerdale as one of theSharma Brothers so he is not available.; 15 January 2011 at 20:16
Gina said...: I loved Vikram too!; 31 January 2011 at 13:06
Anonymous said...: Hey I love Xin So much. she is such a nice girl. I hope Graham falls in love with her too; 30 April 2011 at 05:12
Anonymous said...: Cant stand whiny Xin'-annoying and irritating how she plays the poor victim unable to get a job in her field and has to work in a restaurant(jobs like rest of the locals)but feels entitled; 27 October 2011 at 01:19
Anonymous said...: do not like the theme in the show of marriages of convenience and how it's Ok to help illegal immigrants jump the line because of friendship.
Do not like Xin.She doesn't make sense in the place or story and
she's a louse actress; 29 November 2011 at 23:41