Claire Sweeney has undergone fairly the transformation for her gritty new Coronation Avenue function.
The previous Brookside star – finest recognized for enjoying Lindsey Corkhill within the Channel 4 cleaning soap between 1991 and 2003 – is about to reach on t’cobbles as Cassie, the start mom of Tyrone Dobbs.
In first-look footage of Claire in character, she seems worlds away from her traditional glamorous self.
Claire seems make-up free with grazes on her face, sporting a hoodie and baseball cap along with her hair tied again.
Cassie is about to depart Tyrone shocked when she rocks up on the Avenue later this month, because the Weatherfield mechanic has lengthy been advised by his grandmother Evelyn Plummer (Dame Maureen Lipman) that her daughter – and his organic mom – is lifeless.
Tyrone grew up believing that his mum was Jackie Dobbs (performed by Margi Clarke), however in 2018 investigations into his parentage introduced him into contact with Evelyn for the primary time, and he found proof that Evelyn’s daughter Cassandra was truly his start mom.
Cassie’s backstory is that Evelyn had deserted Tyrone at a police station in 1982, not trusting Cassie to convey him up because of her drug behavior. There, he was discovered by Jackie, who introduced Tyrone up as her personal.
Cleaning soap bosses beforehand teased that Tyrone will face heartache over Cassie’s arrival in Weatherfield, as secrets and techniques and lies threaten to destroy his relationship with Evelyn.
Claire mentioned in April of becoming a member of the present: “Regardless that I’ve been fortunate sufficient to have loved an amazingly diverse profession for practically 40 years – being forged in Coronation Avenue is, to me, higher than being forged in a Hollywood film! I’ve watched all of it my life and may’t fairly imagine that I’ll now be stepping onto these well-known cobbles myself.
“I used to be actually nervous after I obtained the scripts to audition as this present means a lot to me and my household and that is Corrie gold, I used to be past thrilled and really grateful after I obtained the decision that Iain MacLeod is trusting me to play Tyrone’s Mum and work alongside certainly one of my heroes, Dame Maureen Lipman.
“Cassie is a personality who is unquestionably going to make an influence – I simply hope the viewers will take pleasure in watching her as a lot as I’m going to be having fun with taking part in her!”
Coronation Avenue airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
