Faye Brookes has announced she is leaving Coronation
Street. The news comes days after Tristan Gemmill, who plays Robert Preson made
a similar announcement on Twitter last Friday. Faye, who plays Kate Connor,
Tweeted:
"Thanks to everyone for
your amazing support, but after 4 fabulous years in Weatherfield it's time for
me to explore new opportunities, I've loved playing Kate Connor, but she needs
a break for a little while and so with a song in my heart I'm off to pastures
new. #corrie."
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| Faye Brookes |
The actress has had some big
storylines of late, having been involved in the heartbreaking suicide story
involving her on-screen brother Aidan played by Shayne Ward. And more recently
following the factory roof collapse, we saw some of Faye's and Bhavna Limbachia’s
strongest performances on the show as Rana died in the aftermath.
Tristan Gemmill’s
announcement, also on Twitter said he was heading for “pastures new” whilst it
was also reported that Kym Marsh, who plays Michelle Connor will also be
leaving the cobbles. Kym has created her own TV series with former Hollyoaks
favourite Gerard McCarthy. The series is called “Life Begins” but not much else
is known about the project.
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| Kym revealed her latest project on Instagram |
“I don’t tend to subscribe
to the producer cull. Over the years on Corrie there have been producers who on
day three of their tenure have been in the papers with a photo-shopped picture
of them as the Grim Reaper alongside a list of people they are planning to
kill. That’s never been my style. As I said I’m quite story-driven so there
will be characters that go. But I haven’t got a hit list.”
It’s impossible to know who’s
pushed and who's jumped when a new producer takes over, but things certainly are
changing at Coronation Street studios. On the whole the response to Iain’s
tenure so far has been positive. A few hiccups along the way haven’t gone
unnoticed however, with Gemma and Chesney’s recent caravan adventures baffling some
viewers.
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| Coronation Producer Iain MacLeod |
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