Anne, the paper says, had to be helped off the set in tears because she could not bear to see madwoman Becky McDonald (Katherine Kelly) smash up her front room with a hammer. Onlookers told how Anne, in the show since 1974, started crying: “Look what they are doing to my house… look what they are doing to it. It’s so horrible… I can’t bear to see this…” Cast members including Kate Ford, who plays Deirdre’s wayward daughter Tracy, and Bill Roache (husband Ken) had to lead her away from the smashed-up set in an effort to calm her down. They took her to the Green Room, where Anne eventually composed herself and completed the scenes, which took SIX HOURS to shoot.
A Corrie source said: “Anne is known to be emotional but these scenes really got to her and she obviously found it very hard to handle seeing the Barlows’ house being trashed. “It’s only a set, but in fairness she has spent a large part of her life in that front room. She was in a terrible way, absolutely wailing her eyes out. These were some of the most violent scenes many can remember. In all Anne had to take about four or five breaks.”
Viewers will see the drama next month as Becky launches the ferocious attack on love rival Tracy Barlow. The writers took inspiration from the Jack Nicholson horror film The Shining as Becky smashes in the Barlows’ front door yelling: “Heeere’s Becky!”
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Bloody Hell. More Becky going physco. Sick of this all now seriously
Thank God Becky is leaving soon. I can't wait for her to be gone.
Personally I think annes taking it too much too heart its only a scene its not real
I hope that Becky will now be sectioned and be put where she belongs behind bars in a secure unit. Sooo sick of this trailer trash and the way she gets away with it time after time.
How ridiculous!! Anne, it's a set, you don't really live there!!
The London rubbish had gangsters smashing up the Queen Vic, so Corrie responds with one woman gangster Becky smashing up the Barlows. No wonder Katherine Kelly is leaving. She deserves much better than this, as do the viewers.
I should imagine Anne Kirkbride was crying about the destruction of the show and the Street's transformation into a dreary, depressing place populated by criminals and increasingly unlikeable characters. I'm surprised Ken did not join her. I should think the Street veterans are all pretty upset.
The article was all made up from "Sources" Corrie denied there was any trouble of the sort shooting the scenes.
These'll be quite exciting scenes I imagine, Tracy didn't think she'd pushed Becky this far, I guess this will cement Becky's fate too.
One request though Corrie...
DON'T DESTROY ANY OF UNCLE ALBERT'S FURNITURE!
You should all know by now that you cannot believe what is written in the tabloids! I hope Becky smashes up the Barlow's kitchen, those MFI units are exactly the same as the ones I had in the 1980s.
Don't worry Anne, give it a week and the set will look exactly like it always has done.
And since Skanky isn't leaving until the end of the year, she will doubtless get off Scott free, and Steve will pull a face and carry on as before.
For pity's sake get rid of this ridiculous character now!!!
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