Coronation Street's Tina O'Brien 'couldn't stop crying' filming scenes budget was 'blown on'
01.03.2024 - 21:15
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Coronation Street star Tina O'Brien has shared the moment she 'couldn't stop crying' while filming scenes for the ITV soap which she says the budget was 'blown on'. The actress is best known for playing Weatherfield's Sarah Barlow - nee Platt.
But Tina didn't actually join until the daughter of matriarch Gail Platt turned 12. The character was originally portrayed by then-babies Leah King and Lynsay King in 1987, when Sarah was born to Gail and Brian Tilsley. Lynsay was kept in the role until Sarah turned 12 on-screen in 1999, which is when Tina, then 16, joined the cast.
And, over the years she has faced a whole host of hard-hitting storylines - from giving birth to her first child, Bethany, at 13 and being kidnapped alongside her family by her psychotic stepfather Richard Hillman; to suffering child loss when her son, Billy, died shortly after his birth.
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Tina recently thought back to the latter heartbreak for her character when looking back at Sarah's string of 'bad romances' over the years. The tragic loss came when Sarah was in a relationship with Todd Grimshaw.
Having fancied Sarah from a distance since then, Todd finally became her boyfriend in 2003. All was going well and after leaving school she moved in with Todd, despite mum Gail’s attempts to split them up. Sarah and Todd remained strong until he rushed her into getting engaged and pregnant at 16 before confessing he was gay and had been having an affair with nurse Karl Foster. The stress caused Sarah to go into premature labour and their son Billy died after three days.
"She was so
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