Hollyoaks boss Paul Marquess allegedly has his sights on former Brookside actress Claire Sweeney to head up the soap's "glitzy" new family.
Marquess, who took office at the Channel 4 serial's home in Liverpool at the beginning of the year, apparently has Sweeney's casting photo pinned to the centre of his notice board with the remaining cast surrounding her.
It is believed that she will become the matriarchal figurehead of a raft of new characters expected to be announced in the coming months.
A Hollyoaks source this afternoon told another soap forum :Loads of people around the building have been talking about Claire's photo on Paul's wall. Everyone thinks that he's bringing her in to be the mother of a Family Affairs-style Costello clan."
They continued: "The reaction to Sheree Murphy's singing was just what the programme needed, so Paul's looking for similar soapy names to join the ranks as Hollyoaks continues on the road to recovery."
They added: "There's more than one family in the works, too - it's all go and Paul's adamant that Hollyoaks will be as strong as it ever was by the beginning of next year."
Despite rumours, a Hollyoaks spokesperson claimed that there are "no plans" for such a casting.
Since his arrival, Marquess streamlined the creative process within the production team, before culling a further 11 characters from the cast.
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