Perdita
13-10-2008, 05:59
Coronation Street star Samia Smith has described scenes involving the death of on-screen husband Liam as "horrific".
The 26-year-old, who plays Maria Connor in the ITV soap, remarked that she was upset while filming Liam's final moments and remained so when the cameras stopped rolling.
She said: "It was horrible, it was genuinely awful and I was really emotional.
"I couldn't stop sobbing once I started, it was so sad. Your heart just breaks for [Maria]."
Smith added that she uses an mp3 player to help her whenever a scene requires Maria to be upset.
"I have an iPod with really sad songs on it that I listen to just before I film a sad scene. Then in between scenes I try to stay focused and just go off on my own with my music," she said.
"But my Great Auntie Kitty had died a couple of weeks before we shot those scenes, so it was still quite raw anyway. It wasn't hard to get upset."
Liam (Rob James-Collier) is killed by factory boss Tony Gordon (Gray O'Brien) on the Weatherfield soap next week.
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The 26-year-old, who plays Maria Connor in the ITV soap, remarked that she was upset while filming Liam's final moments and remained so when the cameras stopped rolling.
She said: "It was horrible, it was genuinely awful and I was really emotional.
"I couldn't stop sobbing once I started, it was so sad. Your heart just breaks for [Maria]."
Smith added that she uses an mp3 player to help her whenever a scene requires Maria to be upset.
"I have an iPod with really sad songs on it that I listen to just before I film a sad scene. Then in between scenes I try to stay focused and just go off on my own with my music," she said.
"But my Great Auntie Kitty had died a couple of weeks before we shot those scenes, so it was still quite raw anyway. It wasn't hard to get upset."
Liam (Rob James-Collier) is killed by factory boss Tony Gordon (Gray O'Brien) on the Weatherfield soap next week.
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