However, Ian has filmed his last episodes of Coronation Street this week and last night was his leaving do. It took place at a private members' bar at Media City called On the 7th and there are photos in the Manchester Evening News here.
Ian P-D announced last year that he'd be leaving and said he wanted to focus on writing, possibly putting on a new play.
Ian's last scenes won't be shown until May and we don't know what the storyline will be but it will be involved with the drama surrounding the birth of Faye's baby. My guess is he does still have feelings for his ex-wife Linda and he'll follow her to Portugal.
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Ian P-S Davies is a very good and well known actor and good luck to him for the future, he wont have any problem moving forward.
ReplyDeleteHowever the character of Owen will not be missed. To me he was always the Bully Boy that arranged Big Jim McDonald's beating and was not a nice character. Despite putting him with the Windasses he never really redeemed himself. Now the whole family have really had their day and Anna and Izzy need to go too.
Agree with Frosty that while the actor is excellent, his character won't be missed.
ReplyDeleteI can see that Anna will stay because of Faye and the baby. Of course, in a soap anything can happen but Faye wouldn't want to leave her dad. That just leaves Izzy and Jake. She really ought to follow the others out to Portugal.
Did they have to make Anna look so stupid in thinking they spoke Brazilian in Brazil? She might not know they speak Portuguese rather than Spanish but she would surely know that Brazilian isn't a language. Probably leading up to Owen and Linda being more of an intellectual match. Ho hum.
For what it's worth,I'll miss Owen and he has become a more interesting character recently. As for Owen being a 'bullyboy' setting thugs on Jim,I thought at the time Jim got his comeuppance for beating up on Verlin on his wedding day to Liz.
ReplyDeleteConsidering her recent behaviour of late,playing martyr after she slept with Phelan to keep Gary out of jail and treating Gary as though he was the 'victim'when Roy assaulted him during a robbery attempt,I don't blame Owen for wanting to leave Anna for Linda as she's demonstrated she'll always put Gary first.
When Ian and Mickey did their Q&A appearance in Canada he said he thought anyone who leaves a role on Corrie is crazy and he would never leave unless made to, so I was rather surprised at this news. Obviously what he said at the appearance wasn't true ...
ReplyDeleteAnonymous,Perhaps what Ian said was true and he was forced out but is trying save face?Other characters such as Julie and Maddie are also being culled perhaps while Sarah,Bethany and Liz's friend are returning so maybe like Ian those actors are being forced out too to make more room for the Platt family and featuring them in more contrived storylines.
ReplyDeleteI will miss the role of Owen...I thought he and Anna were a great couple...hopefully he will come back to the cobbles one day...
ReplyDeleteActually I will miss him too, the character and the actor. The actor could certainly teach the younger males a thing or two about convincing acting.
ReplyDeleteKatie is moving to Portugal and taking Joseph? Doesn't Chesney have any say? In real life the father would put up a hell of a fight to keep his child with him.
ReplyDeleteBut then again this is soap land so anything goes. I will not miss either Owen or Katie too bad they aren't taking the increasingly annoying Izzie with them.