During last week's Weatherfield visit Stevie Dawson sat down with a cup of tea and some sandwiches in the Rovers with Brooke Vincent, who is returning to Coronation Street
after a short stint in the theatre. Here's what she had to share:
Can
you talk us through how Sophie returns?
It’s
quite a funny scene actually, she gets out of the car and says hello to
everybody and they see all these cases in the road, and then Rosie appears. So
I bring her back with me. It’s a surprise for everybody else.
What’s
it like having Helen Flanagan back?
It’s
good, we’ve been messing about! Even though I was only away for a short time
it’s nice to come back with somebody and me and Helen have obviously known each
other for a very long time, she’s great, she’s good to have back. We are a bit
like how our characters are written, we are very different.
Did
you two stay in touch when she was away and what was your reaction when she
said she’s coming back?
Well
we stayed in touch but we didn’t get chance to see each other very often. As
for coming back, I kind of had a conversation with her before I was leaving and
she said I’d love to come back so I kind of told Kate (Oates) and then that was
the last I heard of it. Then she rang me and I’d heard something so I asked her
if she was coming back and she said yes darling Kate rang me and I was like oh
that’s good then!
Kevin’s going through a bit of a tough
patch at the moment with the garage but the Websters have always seemed to
stick together. And Tim hasn’t met Rosie yet, so what’s the new dynamic
like and how will that continue?
It’s
like my mum having this daughter and then she comes in like a whirlwind, and
that’s basically what Rosie is. Tim obviously has Sally who’s completely
different to Sophie who’s completely different to Rosie so I think – obviously Joe
(Duttine) loves Helen but character-wise I don’t think they know yet where they
stand. But it is funny to watch.
What does Helen Flanagan bring to the
show, as a person?
I
don’t know whether I’m going to describe this very well (everyone laughs) but
we had a scene the other day, and because she’s funny, she’s flouncing about
and she’s a very ditzy character, and you’ve got me and Sally and Kevin who can
be quite serious, it gives it different levels. It’s what families are. I’ve
missed having her around, we did grow up together. It’s really nice to see
Helen really happy and settled.
We know that Rosie brings trouble with
her, how does Sophie react when she realises there’s sh*t going on?
Sophie
doesn’t suspect anything, and neither does Rosie. You can tell because of how
different the characters are and how differently we react, that the same
situation wouldn’t have happened if it was Sophie living in the US. Rosie was
always going to be trouble, but she’s away with the faries so doesn’t realise
how much trouble we are in.
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What reason do they give for coming
back?
I
was always coming back and Rosie misses Weatherfield.
Rachel
Newton: I think later we realise for Rosie that live isn’t what it’s cracked up
to be and things haven’t really worked out that well.
Did you ever think about permanently
leaving Corrie?
No.
Because of doing it from such a young age, you see this as normal. When it came
up for me to do a play, it was nice to be able to do that and come back. This
is like my home. Hopefully in a few years I’ll maybe go and do it again.
Do you think doing live theatre has
improved you as an actor?
You’d
have to ask other people! It’s very different. What I learned is that I actually
know quite a lot about TV work, which I never thought I did I thought I just
breezed through life. I used to constantly change myself because of a camera
being there, or adjust another person or stand in a certain way. So hopefully I
am a bit better.
If you did want a change, what would be
the first thing you would look at doing?
Ummm,
well I really enjoyed radio, because I could be me. I had more input in it.
(Brooke guest presented on Key103).
Rosie is probably going to dominate
most of the storylines now you are back, do you know what’s coming up for you,
in terms of relationships or do you have any inkling of any upcoming
storylines?
No
I’ve not seen Kate (Oates) yet but I’m quite happy just being with Helen for
now. As much as se says I’m her safety blanket she’s kind of mine too. When we
were growing up she took a lot of the brunt of fame and I learned from her. I’m
not in a rush to say I want my character to be doing ‘this’.
Do you hope they re-explore the Sophie
and Kate dynamics?
I
didn’t mind that storyline. For me personally, I get very arsey about this, but I
think because I’m lesbian in the show, not everything I do should be about being
a lesbian. It doesn’t need to be written about every time I do a scene ‘oh she’s
a lesbian’ we are moving forward as a generation and you want it to be normal,
we’ve said it and that’s that. There’s more to people than their sexuality.
Have I said all that correct? (Everyone laughs).
If Sophie leaves the garage, where
would you like her to go?
Well
we (Rosie and Sophie) start window cleaning. So we’re like the Chuckle
Brothers. I stand there doing all the work, obviously. It’s funny so we’re
obviously enjoying playing that.
@StevieDawson
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