He spent a fair bit of time being one of Coronation Street's hated characters but Corey Brent is back - sort of - as the actor who played him, Maximus Evans, reunited with some of his former co-stars.
07.04.2022 - 23:13 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Coronation Street star Kel Allen could barely meet her co-star’s gaze as she braced herself for some of the most heart-wrenching scenes of her career. The actress, from Wigan, was in pieces before the cameras started rolling for her final scenes on the cobbles as Laura Neelan.
Viewers will see her final episode air tomorrow, April 8, as Laura succumbs to cancer – with the secret murder of Weatherfield’s Gary Windass, in jeopardy of coming out. In an interview with The Mirror, Kel, 38, said: “Mikey and I were both emotional wrecks. It was my last day so it was a lot anyway, and then everything in these scenes was just so emotional.
“Normally, we’re laughing on set but that day we couldn’t look at each other because every time we did we started crying. We were like, ‘Someone has got to put these cameras on us and start filming as we can’t hold off much longer’.
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“The production team were the same, everyone was just falling apart with what was going on. It’s such emotional scenes – you definitely need the tissues on a day like that.”
Corrie fans have watched for weeks as Laura, mum to troubled teen Kelly, has grown increasingly ill after a diagnosis of terminal stomach cancer. The hopeless mum has made steps to redeem herself by taking the blame for the murder of her evil ex Rick so his real killer Gary can care for Kelly (Millie Gibson) after Laura’s death.
Kel, who grew up in Wigan, added: “As an actor, you’ve got to be able to go to dark places for those scenes and it’s quite hard sometimes to put a lid on it when you’re done for the day. If you’re filming eight or nine scenes a day,
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