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Coronation Street's Liz McDonald will have to break up a fight upon her return to the Rovers.
It was announced last week that Liz (Beverley Callard) would make a comeback as the new landlady of the pub when her son Steve buys it off Stella.
However, a fight will break out between Kylie Platt and Tina McIntyre just as Liz walks back into the pub for the first time, the Daily Star reports.
Kylie will be furious with Tina after believing she is having an affair with her husband David.
Liz last worked behind the bar of the iconic pub between 2006 and 2011.
It was announced back in May that Callard would be reprising her role as Liz. Her first scenes will be aired in October.
Coronation Street star Simon Gregson has promised that viewers can expect lots of comedy when Beverley Callard reprises her role as Liz McDonald.
The actor's character Steve will soon spark Liz's return storyline by enlisting his mother's help as he plots to take over at the Rovers Return.
Steve makes his secret plans as he wants to put his girlfriend Michelle Connor (Kym Lomas) in a position of power at the pub. However, after helping Steve with the purchase, Liz refuses to be a silent partner in the business and arrives back in Weatherfield.
Speaking of the upcoming storyline, Gregson explained: "I think it is great - it is nice to have the McDonalds partly back together. Bev is very funny, very witty and very bubbly, so she is great to have around on set. There is scope for a lot of comedy there.
"When Liz comes back, immediately the women join forces against Steve, which is great fun. Steve is not allowed to be grown up around his mum or any other woman - he is still a kid in their eyes. He partly embraces this as he likes an easy life.
"Steve is very lazy - he can't be bothered with confrontation. His heart is in the right place, but he is just lazy."
The changeover at The Rovers comes as show bosses have decided to make Steve and Michelle more prominent on screen again after a quiet few months.
Gregson added: "I was surprised, but I love the fun element of it. Owning The Rovers is quite cool and it is the first time I have seen my name above the door, so I had a little moment there. Steve could never be the licensee before, but he can now as any criminal record has lapsed."
Coronation Street star Beverley Callard has hinted that there could be a new man on the horizon for her character Liz McDonald when she returns to Weatherfield.
It was announced in May that the actress will reprise her role as former landlady Liz, after originally leaving in 2011.
Callard told the Radio Times: "Liz doesn't like to be on her own. At breakfast time, you do get to see Liz in a onesie because she hasn't got a boyfriend at the moment.
"She wouldn't be seen dead in a onesie if she had a man. She's telling everyone she's single, but there is someone coming in for Liz. My God, it's so exciting, but I can't reveal anything else yet."
Callard also reveals that Liz will have come into money since living in Spain, and her return storyline will see her help son Steve purchase the Rovers Return.
She said: "She's been in Spain with Andy working in a health spa. Now don't ask me how, but she's accumulated loads of money, bought into the spa and it's done really well.
"Then Steve phones her and tells her about his plans to buy the Rovers, which gives her the opportunity to come back.
"The script says that she always knew she'd come home because even though she loved it in Spain, it didn't feel like real life."
Speaking about how Liz will react to Michelle, the actress said: "For the last couple of years that I was there, Liz hated every girlfriend that Steve had.
"Every 18 months, I'd replay the same scenes and it was just so boring. So I told our current producer Stuart Blackburn about this and he assured me that they wouldn't be doing that this time around.
"So Liz and Michelle are getting on really well and Steve is caught in the middle, acting like a complete plonker as usual."
Coronation Street will air Liz McDonald's return later this month.
I could see her with Tim :p
Lol, I love it when the actors acknowledge things like this are a bit daft!Quote:
Originally Posted by alan45
Lol, I love it when the actors acknowledge things like this are a bit daft!Quote:
Originally Posted by alan45
Coronation Street star Beverley Callard has opened up about the reasons surrounding her original exit from the soap in 2011.
The actress recently reprised her role as Liz McDonald. Her first scenes aired last week.
However, speaking to Reveal magazine, Callard has explained that returning to the show after two years was a big decision due to her battle with depression.
She said: "I left because I was poorly, and you can't dip in and out. If you're in it, you have to give it your all. Sometimes I give more than my all.
"Sometimes I care too much and I've got to try not to. Not because I'm a goodie-goodie but because I'm a worrier and perfectionist. I know next week's lines already. Charlie (Lawson), who played Jim, used to say: 'Ask Callard, she's learning next f**king December's!'
"The thing is, you pay a price for that, so I have got to try and relax more. I still take medication but I can listen to myself more."
Callard also revealed that she was riddled with nerves during her first day back on set, despite having played the character on and off for over 20 years.
"It was terrifying. I was driving in and I felt sick. It was like first day back at school after the holidays and I kept thinking: 'How does Liz actually speak, exactly what accent did I do?'
"Then I took a big deep breath and walked in, and half an hour later it truly was as if I'd never been away."
Liz must be devastated when Tracy tells her what Tony has been up to? At first she doesn’t quite believe it, it’s the morning of Steve and Michelle’s wedding when Tracy comes and pays her a visit. She starts to tell her that the man she’s been with is not as true to her as she thought. At first Liz says no she doesn’t believe it but then Tracy starts showing her text messages and reveals they’ve been having an affair. Liz still doesn’t quite believe it until Tracy hits her with the killer blow that they’ve been trying to get the Rovers from under her. That just puts the lid on it for Liz and the only thing she can think is I can’t ruin the wedding as she’s worried Steve will sink back into his depression so she just puts a brave face on it.
After Tracy drops the bombshell on Liz is it Carla that she tells first? Carla is the first person she tells yes, then Eileen and Erica, so at some point Tony will have to face this posse of vengeful women who all feel immense hatred towards him
How does she stop herself from instantly confronting Tony? She’s just thinking about Steve and Michelle’s wedding day and what a delicate place Steve is at with his recovery. But she can’t bear for Tony to touch her, all she can do is keep looking at Tracy and Amy, this is not just any woman who’s betrayed her it’s the mother of her grandchild, the daughter of her best friend. Liz is just waiting, which is brilliant.
Is she annoyed with herself for not spotting something was amiss in the relationship? It kills her, she asks Eileen how she could have been such a mug, all that time and not one bit of it was real.
Will Liz look back and wonder if the way she treated Tony might have contributed to why he had the affair? She certainly might, but the thing with Liz is she would have always put Steve and his illness first because she’s that sort of woman. She goes through moments of thinking she asked for it but then as soon as that thought comes into her head and she thinks about Tracy she realises no I didn’t ask for this.
Is she upset or more angry?Both, she goes from one extreme to the other, there’s enormous explosions which is great but you have to wait quite a while for that. She’s trying to be sensible and react with dignity but she can’t quite keep hold of it all the time which is fantastic to play. It’s constantly bubbling just beneath the surface.
Does Liz want revenge on Tracy and Tony? At first she’s just a bit numb but it does start to get worse and worse, Tracy is just so irritating, you’d want to batter her. Tracy always has an agenda and Liz is just the opposite; she’s open, if she wants to say something she just says it, whereas Tracy manipulates and is much more devious and Liz can’t get her head round that really.
How quickly does Liz move onto her new man Dan? It’s definitely a rebound relationship, under other circumstances she might have stepped back a bit but she has to show Tony he’s not the only man alive and there is live after Tony. Dan’s quite sexy, obviously he’s younger than Liz, they all are! Liz knows him already because he works at the brewery, he’s previously taken a shine to Liz and she almost said yes to a date with him in the past but then Tony came along (nb. this is backstory). So she sees him again and they begin to date but what Liz doesn’t know is that he has history with another woman on the street already.
So is Liz going to be unlucky in love again? I hope not but I would think so.
Is Tony now out of Liz’s hair for good? Well he’s not on the scene at the moment but he has still got a share in the Rovers and I’m not sure he’s prepared to let Liz go without a fight. I don’t think we’ve seen the last of Tony...
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I like Liz glad she always picks herself up quickly