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Coronation Street producer Kim Crowther has unveiled the casting of Liz McDonald's new lover.
Actor Ian Puleston-Davies will take on the role of Owen, the father of Weatherfield's first regular disabled character Izzy - played by disabled actress Cherylee Houston.
Shortly after arriving on the Street, he takes a keen eye to Liz (Beverley Callard) and the pair embark on an unlikely relationship which is marred by Becky's presence in The Rovers.
Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, Crowther said: "We've a wonderful actor coming into the show who I've got really high hopes for. I've been trying to get on board for a while and we've created the character for him.
"Ian Puleston-Davies will play a character called Owen. He'll arrive in the show as a father to new girl Izzy who starts working in the factory and we find he's got another daughter as well."
She continued: "Owen's a single dad and he's been a bit controlling, having struggled to bring up these two girls on their own. He starts a relationship with Liz and we find that the one person he doesn't really get on with is Becky.
"Becky reminds him of his previous wife who left him high and dry when he had the girls to look after. So when he starts going out with Liz, there's immediate tension within the McDonald family. He'll live on the Street further down the line too."
Puleston-Davies begins filming at Manchester's Granada Studios over the next few weeks and will first appear on screen in May. His screen daughter Izzy arrives on the Cobbles in April.
The casting of Owen's other daughter has yet to be confirmed.
owww cant wait to se that
Should be good, Ian Puleston-Davies is a really good actor. Mind you, I thought that when I heard Reece Dinsdale was coming into Corrie, and that's turned out to be a bit of a flop.
CrazyLea
01-02-2010, 12:42
Anyone else think it's about time Liz left for good? :D
i think they need to get her a good man to settel down with and move out off the rovers
I like the actor, hes been in a few things.
tammyy2j
01-02-2010, 15:40
He looks familar what else is he in?
From Wiki
Ian Puleston-Davies (born 1959 in Flint, Wales) is a British actor and writer. He has starred in the ITV drama Vincent alongside Ray Winstone, and Ghostboat (also for ITV), alongside David Jason. He has also played the lead roles in "Conviction" and the BBC Three series Funland.
He has starred in long-running dramas such as Holby City, The Bill, Hollyoaks and Brookside. He has also made special appearances in; Hustle, Life on Mars, Daziel and Pascoe, Silent Witness and Cape Wrath. In 2007 he starred in the Channel 4 docu-drama, "Richard is my Boyfriend".
In 2005, Puleston-Davies co-wrote the drama Dirty Filthy Love based upon his own experiences dealing with obsessive compulsive disorder. Dirty Filthy Love won a Royal Television Society Award for Best Single Drama and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for "Best Single Drama"
I thought her new love might be Graham they both look so good in mini skirts :lol:
:rotfl: Very funny, lizann :rotfl:
I remember Ian Puleston-Davies vividly as a bent cop in drama Conviction. He was brill in it.
He's also in Being Human at the moment, playing the evil policeman.
LostVoodoo
03-02-2010, 17:46
He's also in Being Human at the moment, playing the evil policeman.
i knew i recognised him from somewhere!
CORRIE'S Eileen Grimshaw fears for her life after nicking £10,000 from her bruiser boss.
Builder Owen Armstrong bashes down her front door to threaten her. Eileen - played by Sue Cleaver, 46 - gets greedy while balancing Owen's books between cab office shifts.
She banks a £10,000 cheque for herself instead of paying it into the business account.
Owen (Ian Puleston-Davies, 51) smells a rat when his company credit card bounces.
He threatens Eileen with violence - but has to back down after she repays the cash and threatens to blow the whistle on his tax fiddles.
Owen threatens: "One day when you're least expecting it I'll make you pay. You'll be sorry."
(c) The Sun
TaintedLove
12-01-2011, 01:43
Oh wow...Owen seems a real nasty piece of work.
And I`m surprised at Eileen for stealing. I thought she was above all that.
Chloe O'brien
12-01-2011, 09:31
What was Eileen thinking. Stealing of Owen. Maybe we should get John Stape to bump him off.
tammyy2j
12-01-2011, 10:24
What do you mean by "Big Eileen" she is not that big
inkyskin
12-01-2011, 22:18
What do you mean by "Big Eileen" she is not that big
it's posted by the same person who calls eastenders 'deadenders'. kind of says it all about the person really.
You mean he says what he thinks? Quite right, too, we are not censored - yet.
What do you mean by "Big Eileen" she is not that big
For your information Big Eileen is the name her character is called by both Steve and Llloyd. I was referring to a character in a fictional soap, set in a fictional town. I did not refer to the actual person Sue Cleaver as BIG Sue did I.
it's posted by the same person who calls eastenders 'deadenders'. kind of says it all about the person really.
Yes it sure does. I have a sense of humour and a mind of my own
parkerman
13-01-2011, 10:07
I can't help thinking some people need to get a) a sense of humour and b) a life....
tammyy2j
13-01-2011, 10:10
For your information Big Eileen is the name her character is called by both Steve and Llloyd. I was referring to a character in a fictional soap, set in a fictional town. I did not refer to the actual person Sue Cleaver as BIG Sue did I.
Ok
LostVoodoo
13-01-2011, 17:57
they guy who plays Owen is 51?! I would have said about 41 myself, he's looking good for his age
they guy who plays Owen is 51?! I would have said about 41 myself, he's looking good for his age
He will look much better if Big Jim Macdonald rearranges his face :)
I cant stand Owen or his kids
I cant stand Owen or his kids
I like Izzy. I think she has the potential to become a great character especially if the scriptwriters give he a decent storyline
Chloe O'brien
14-01-2011, 23:33
They should put Owen together with TraceyLuv they deserve each other.
parkerman
15-01-2011, 08:07
They should put Owen together with TraceyLuv they deserve each other.
Just like Charlie and Traceyluv. Hmm, come to think of it, what is it about builders in Coronation Street? What with Chris as well.....
Chris_2k11
15-01-2011, 13:03
I cant stand Owen or his kids
Me neither, all three of them are dreadful
Chloe O'brien
23-01-2011, 01:33
If we kick up a stink. Do you think Corrie will do a trade to axe Owen instead of Eddie Windass
If we kick up a stink. Do you think Corrie will do a trade to axe Owen instead of Eddie WindassOwen should team up with Traceyluv. They are well suited
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Owen Armstrong (Ian Puleston-Davies) makes a nasty threat to Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver) when he discovers she stole £10,000 of his money...
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Eileen realises she may have the last laugh after all when her half-sister Julie Carp (Katy Cavanagh) reminds her she has plenty of dirt on Owen..
Coronation Street's' Eileen Grimshaw could face prison after Owen Armstrong reports her for defrauding him.
The mouthy mum - played by Sue Cleaver - will be left reeling when she gets "too cocky" trying to get her own back on her builder boss, only to find he has turned the tables on her.
Eileen lands herself in trouble when she decides to tell shopkeepers Dev and Sunita Alahan (Jimmi Harkishin and Shobna Gulati) that bad boy Owen - whom she once stole £10,000 from before paying him back - has been dodging his tax bills.
She explained: "Well, she gets a bit cocky doesn't she? Eileen really thinks she has the upper hand as far as Owen is concerned. Because she repaid the cash she stole from him, and because of the evidence she had against him - the unpaid VAT bills - she wants people to know what kind of bloke he really is."
However, the plan backfires when feisty Sunita uses the information to try and blackmail him into repairing her and Dev's shop.
Furious Owen (Ian Puleston-Davies) then sneaks into Eileen's home to steal the VAT bills - narrowly missing being caught out by Rosie Webster (Helen Flanagan) - before calling the police who arrest her at her work place.
Sue added to Inside Soap magazine: "Eileen is absolutely mortified because the police turn up at Underwold and arrest her in front of the girls.
"She works out pretty quickly that Owen is behind it, because he was behaving strangely earlier in the day. Nothing would surprise her about Owen so she knows it was him who took her to the police."
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