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As many of you will know, this week sees Catherine Tyldesley film her final scenes as Eva Price, so I thought now was a good time to look back on a memorable seven years of ‘Eva the Diva’.
From the moment Eva first arrived it was clear she was going to make an impression. The first time we ever saw her she turned up at the Rovers in tears after discovering that her fiancé was cheating on her with a friend and mum Stella allows her to stay at the Rovers. She later discovers that Leanne Barlow (as she was then) is her half sister due to Stella’s past relationship with Les Battersby (yep, that is actually canon!)
Her bubbly personality, not to mention that laugh, quickly made her a fan favourite with viewers. Although not exactly the smartest of people, Eva has a heart of gold- but that didn’t do her too many favours on the relationship front. She dated Nick, Rob and Jason before finally finding her true love with Aidan. Even though their wedding day ended in disaster when Aidan discovered her fake pregnancy, which was her revenge after finding out about his affair with Maria, it was clear that the two of them never stopped loving each other.
As well as numerous relationship disasters, there was also the discovery that Leanne is her sister, her friendship with Kylie and the time she attempted to help a Polish worker that she found was hiding out at Underworld from one of the factories clients. Finally, the baby swap deal with Toyah that will ultimately lead to her exit. The last couple of months have shown that not only does Cath excel at the comedy side of Eva’s character, she also does a superb job of the emotional scenes. We know that the door is going to be left open and I for one hope that one day, Eva will grace the cobbles once again
By Matt Johnson who is on Twitter @unitedkanamixer and blogs here.
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6 comments:
Will definitely miss her character, and wish the actress well. Thanks for the look back. :)
She has shown lately that she is more than a diva.
I love the character of Eva. Kudos to Cath Tyldesley who breathed life into her.
I suspect that the future will be very busy for the Uber-talented Cath Tydesley. As much as I will yearn for Eva to come back, there’s as much chance of that happening as there is of Raquel, Karen or Becky returning
I agree with Rapunzel..Catherine is a fine actress and I’m hoping this departure will lead her onwards and upwards.
Can't believe she has been in it for seven yrs.
Time flies
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