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Don't soap stars realise everyone one has stories and at times you take a back seat.
Coronation Street star Michelle Collins has revealed that she decided to leave the soap because she was exhausted.
The actress, who has played Stella Price since 2011, announced last August that she will be bowing out of the role.
Speaking to The Sun, Collins said: "I threw myself wholeheartedly into Corrie but I ended up spreading myself far too thinly. Like a lot of working mums, I worked so bloody hard and I was just tired all the time.
"I ran myself ragged and the last person I thought to look after was me. The tiredness is the worst, it can make you a zombie. Work is fantastic, but it's not the be-all and end-all. You have to have some quality of life as well.
"That's what Corrie has taught me. If you don't have a work-life balance it can start to drive you a bit crazy."
Collins also discussed her character's recent lack of screen time, which has caught the attention of fans on Twitter, who complained that Stella was becoming a 'glorified extra'.
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Stella comforts Leanne.
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Stella and Leanne in Coronation Street
She said: "I would have loved to have been more involved in the Hayley and Roy right-to-die storyline, because it was brilliant. You do feel a bit left out when everyone comes back to the green room after those big emotional scenes.
"But you can't expect to be at the front of the show all of the time. And if I was still centre stage it might have been harder for me to walk away."
Speaking about her decision to leave the show, Collins - who has an 18-year old daughter - said: "The producer, Stuart Blackburn, did try to persuade me to stay. But he understood that I was doing it for [daughter] Maia and that she had to come first. And he agreed to leave the door open for Stella.
"I was really pleased about that. I didn't want her to be killed off in a big, explosive storyline."
Coronation Street star Michelle Collins has filmed her final scenes for the soap.
The actress, who plays Stella Price, finished work on the ITV show yesterday (February 19) after a night shoot.
Collins thanked fans for their support on Twitter this morning as she reflected on the end of her time as Stella.
Stella's Coronation Street exit scenes will air in April, but show bosses have warned that her final storyline will be low-key.
Producer Stuart Blackburn said last month: "It's a very quiet exit because we've had so many big ones and there are massive ones coming up.
"It's an exit where she's trying to do the right thing by Leanne. There's a space and time where her exit might help Leanne. There's also a sense of Stella looking at Gloria and her lust for life. She's also looking at Eva who's with Jason. She thinks, 'I'm not dead yet - I'm only 50 and there's a whole world out there!'
"Hopefully it's genuine, moving, truthful and leaves the door open. But mostly Stella thinks if she goes, Leanne can get on with whatever she's getting on with - but what that is I'm not going to say!"
Collins joined Coronation Street in mid-2011. She had previously been best known for her role as Cindy Beale in EastEnders.
The actress's next project will be the release of her autobiography From Walford to Weatherfield on April 3.
Hallelujah, byyyyye.
So she abandons Leanne again
Michelle Collins has discussed her low-key departure from Coronation Street.
Collins - who has starred as Stella Price since 2011 - will bow out of the soap this spring, but the actress has described her exit scenes as "anti-climactic".
Describing her last day on set, Collins told The Sunday Mirror's Notebook magazine: "My final scene was leaving in a taxi and it was 10.15pm and bloody cold. I was quite emotional all day."
Collins revealed that her character swaps Weatherfield for the Big Apple, where she goes to visit a friend.
She explained: "She decides she hasn't got over the Karl thing and the love life isn't going to plan, so she goes to New York to was a bit anti-climactic, as it was 10.15pm and bloody cold. I was quite emotional all day."stay with an old friend - who I've never spoken about in my entire life as Stella but suddenly she's my best mate."
The actress took to social media in January to agree with fans who complained about Stella's lack of screentime on the soap. However, Collins insisted she didn't intend for her comments to cause such a stir.
"I'm terrible on Twitter," she said. "I didn't realise things had such a big impact.
"You have to go with what the producer wants and when they know you're leaving, they're not going to invest massively in your character. I've had a lot of dramatic stuff so I didn't really mind."
Collins revealed that people thought she was "mad" when she announced she was leaving Coronation Street, but explained that the commute from her home in London and the studios in Manchester made it difficult for her to spend time with her 17-year-old daughter.
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Coronation Street star Michelle Collins is joining Casualty for a guest stint.
Collins, who has finished filming as Weatherfield's Stella Price, will play the role of Samantha on the BBC medical drama. Her first scenes will air in July.
Samantha will end up in hospital after being injured while trying to help rescue a competitive father, who has a heart attack after a running race with his son.
The character will also be a new love interest for paramedic Jeff, who treated her at the scene, as the pair soon begin a relationship.
However, as the romance with Jeff blossoms, a secret held by Samantha threatens to turn both of their worlds upside down.
Speaking about the part, Collins said: "I got offered the guest role in Casualty very soon after finishing Corrie. I jumped at the chance of playing a character so different so quickly - it was exciting to be stepping into something new.
"Playing Stella was great fun but it was thrilling to have a challenge of an entirely different role. Londoner Samantha is nothing like Stella - I dyed my hair to leave Stella behind which fitted in well with the role.
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"I'm pleased to be involved in another hit drama TV show so soon, even if it's just for a short while. Since leaving Corrie it's been great to get my teeth into different characters and I'm looking forward to new opportunities which have been coming my way."
Casualty's executive producer Oliver Kent added: "We can't wait for everyone to meet Samantha and see where her story goes over the two months she's on screen. Michelle has been absolutely brilliant and her arrival is set to have a huge impact on one of the show's most loved characters."
It was announced last year that Collins would be leaving Coronation Street. Her final scenes will be aired next week as Stella leaves Weatherfield for a new life in New York.
As we bid a fond and long overdue farewell to the pointless and woeful Stella Price how ironic her character is going to New York. After all she had a lovely Christmas in New York when she was going to be the STAR of Corrie.