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so who shoots her alan :pQuote:
Coronation Street's producer Stuart Blackburn added: "When an actor decides to leave a programme like Corrie, it means the writing team can creatively scale new heights. We promise the tour de force that is Stella Price will leave with a bang.
While I am obviously delighted to see the back of this pointless character played by the vacuous Ms Collin I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Unfortunaley she will still be on screen until next year but now at least the light is at the end of the tunnel
While I am obviously delighted to see the back of this pointless character played by the vacuous Ms Collin I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Unfortunaley she will still be on screen until next year but now at least the light is at the end of the tunnel
There isn't much left for her after Karl's killing is revealed and she sells the pub so she could leave this year
I like her being around for Leanne and making up for lost time, so I wonder if they will part on good terms, especially if there is still drama for Nick and Leanne at the time. With Gloria also going and Sylvia's let down of an exit last night, I'm not sure that I'll watch Corrie for much longer.
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The actress - who plays Stella Price on the ITV soap - will leave the show in April next year after deciding not to renew her contract.
Stella's final scenes will air in June 2014.
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Still quite a while to go then, as was the case with Tina when her departure was announced. I am wondering if Kylie's baby will turn out to be Nick's, Nick and Leanne split and then she gets a place with Leanne, Eva and Gloria for their final months. I believe Stella and Karl marry before she discovers the truth, so assuming that the discovery is not immediately after the ceremony, they could divorce and Karl take her for half of everything, forcing Stella to lose the pub. I can see Stella not wanting to give up the pub after finding out, so perhaps it will turn out that Gloria's co-ownership in the pub has not been made official and is only informal between Stella and Gloria. Wouldn't be realistic on the divorce law point though, as I believe they have to be married for a year first.
My thoughts only; there was no speculation in the article that I found, it only restated that Liz will get back the Rovers. I am hoping at least that they don't resort to an EastEnders copy, where Steve didn't have the right to sell the Rovers and Liz turns up to reclaim it.
latest talk i.e. rumour buzz on twitter is that stella and jason start an affair while he is with eva
June 2014 cannot come soon enough. I hope they make it impossible for her to come back and do a Poison Dwarf
Jason Grimshaw determines to stop Stella from marrying Karl when he realises that Karl was behind the Rovers fire, Ryan Thomas has revealed.
Ryan, who plays Jason, said: "Jason is scared of what might happen to Stella, he’s concerned about her safety and that’s why he’s trying to put a stop to the wedding."
But with no hard evidence, will anyone believe what Jason has to say about the arsonist husband-to-be?
"Jason’s quite determined and he’s not afraid of putting his point across. But then there are times when Karl flashes him a look..."
When Karl admits to torching Jason's van, he realises that Karl is capable of much more than he first anticipated.
"Jason becomes much more suspicious of him, which is why he’s so persistent in trying to prove to people that it was Karl that set fire to the pub."
"He’s trying to work Karl out and the more he’s in Karl’s vicinity, the more he starts to find out about him," added Ryan.
"Jason’s quite determined and he’s not afraid of putting his point across. But then there are times when Karl flashes him a look and he knows he’s not messing around. He’s a bit unsure and a bit wary of him."
When Jason discovers that Karl gave Craig money to keep him quiet, he sees it as a sure sign that Karl is guilty.
"It’s confirmation that his suspicions of Karl are true and it’s more evidence that Karl’s capable of doing anything," said Ryan.
"Jason is scared of what might happen to Stella, he’s concerned about her safety..."
And when he finds holes in Karl's alibi for the night of the fire, Jason is hell-bent on proving his theory. But even once suspicious Dev is sceptical.
"With Dev having so much going on after losing his wife, Jason’s having a bit of a nightmare and feels like he’s fighting a losing battle."
'But as soon as he gets one little bit of evidence he clings on to it. The more evidence he gets the more believable his story is," said Ryan.
Karl plans to get hitched and hit the road with Stella straight away, John Michie has revealed.
John, who plays arsonist Karl, said: "Once Karl’s married Stella, then he can flee the Street with her in tow."
"He knows he’s on borrowed time and that he has a very limited amount of time for this plan to go ahead," added John.
"Karl’s got it into his mind that as long as he can get Stella out of Weatherfield, out of the UK, then he will be okay..."
"He borrows a bit of money off his friend and books two cheap flights to Spain for them post-wedding. Stella might think that he’s got them a nice hotel, but he hasn’t. Karl’s only concern is getting them the hell out of Weatherfield."
As Craig revealed that he saw him leaving the Rovers on the night of the fire, Karl is desperate to ensure he does not share this incriminating evidence with anyone else.
"Karl’s doing a lot of ducking and diving on the run up to the wedding. He’s feeling extremely hopeful that everything’s going to run to plan, but at the same time he’s also very nervous about his efforts to ensure Craig keeps his mouth shut."
"I think Karl has the potential to ‘dispose’ of Craig if circumstances left him with little other choice."
"Craig is always on his mind at the minute and he can’t shake it off."
"I don’t think he’d be able to do something premeditated and calculated to him, but in the heat of the moment I think Karl has the potential to ‘dispose’ of Craig if circumstances left him with little other choice," said John.
And as Jason and Dev are beginning to unravel Karl's web of lies, noticing that his alibi for the night of the fire is flawed, will they manage to expose Karl as the killer before he leaves Weatherfield with Stella for good?
Coronation Street actress Michelle Collins has revealed that she would consider a return to the ITV soap.
The 51-year-old actress, who plays Stella Price in the show, recently announced that she would be leaving next year.
However, speaking on This Morning today (September 6), Collins stated that she has asked bosses not to kill off her character in light of a possible return in the future.
She said: "I don't know [how I'm going], my exit storyline is eight months away, so they'll probably start planning that in October. I have asked them not to kill me off."
Collins added: "You can never say never, situations change and circumstances change."
The actress, who stars as the Rovers Return landlady, also revealed that she had said to herself upon joining the programme that she would only stay for three years.
"I'm leaving because by the time I do leave, which will be in April/May, I said I would probably stay for three years and my three years are up. It's gone so quickly, it's unbelievable," she added.
"It's been fantastic, but I want to pursue other things. But fundamentally I want to be a mum again. [Daughter] Maia has two years left at school, she's just gone into the sixth form and I just need to be around more for her. She's going to go to uni.
"I had time off for her GSCEs which was great, but next year she'll choose a uni, that kind of thing, and it's so important. It's only me so I need to be there, I'm a single parent."
In other words.......if I can`t find anything else, I`ll come back until I`m bored again.
etc etc
In other words.......if I can`t find anything else, I`ll come back until I`m bored again.
etc etc
Please ITV do not listen to this woman. KILL her off and dont give her any excuse to come back
Hallelujah, hope she takes her daughter with her,either way great news. Agree Alan ,the producers must ignore her wishes. a minor fatal accident ,done on the cheap will be fine .Doesn't even need to be televised, a casual announcement in t'rovers ,no problem.
I like Stella as a character, but I agree Glen; Eva should go with her. I just don't think that there is any potential for her as a stand alone character, and she and Leanne have never been exactly close.
Her departure is in a way predictable, as Michelle previously stated that she had only joined the show for financial security so that her daughter could go to university. In the three years that she'll have been there by the time she leaves, she's definitely done that, even with the new fee structure.
The timing doesn't make much sense to me; I thought she'd have gone last year. With Michelle's last scenes airing next June, she probably isn't going to finish filming until March at the earliest, by which time her daughter will need to have decided on which course and universities to apply for. She'll be around for her daughter's revision and exam period, but after that she won't have long to spend with her before she goes off to university. A lot of it I thought also was the fact that she wanted to spend more time with her, as she doesn't get a lot of time with commuting from London to Manchester for filming. All in all, I can see her being interested in a return in little more than 6 months of finishing filming, so part of me is wondering why she didn't just take an extended absence like Charlie Brooks did from EastEnders for example.
Coronation Street star Michelle Collins has said that her character Stella Price will struggle to cope following the revelation that her fiancé Karl Munro started the blaze at the Rovers Return.
As Stella finds herself at the centre of speculation next week following Karl's arrest, she goes into complete self-destruct mode and hits the bottle.
Collins said: "She's completely broken. Stella is quite a fragile thing - she may act the feisty landlady, but behind that she's delicate and vulnerable and this just completely knocks her for six.
"It's not just the fact that he was behind the fire that shakes her, but the extent to which he tried to pull the wool over her eyes once again and cover his tracks. Stella sees that behaviour as being calculated. Once again she has failed to detect his lies.
"She's absolutely devastated. She feels completely undone. This is beyond humiliation for her now. She never for one second imagined that Karl would be capable of causing this much devastation and the realisation is completely earth-shattering for her."
It is left to Dev to try and get through to Stella, telling her not to blame herself, but a drunk Stella ends up breaking down in front of him.
Collins said: "Stella feels so much to blame for what's happened and she knows she should have listened to Dev when he told her not to forgive Karl the first time round.
"Dev knows that Stella is blaming herself but he has had much longer to process the truth than she has. The pain on Stella's face is so visible to him.
"It is Dev who forces Stella to listen to him when she's in a drunken state and insists that she must not blame herself for what's happened in any way. She ends up breaking down on Dev, which leaves her feeling mortified when she sobers up."
Speaking about the future for Stella, Collins said: "At this stage, she can't see a way out. She's at her lowest ebb really, being eaten away by a whole host of emotions.
"Karl is in the walls of the Rovers and as long as she's there she can't see a way of escaping him.
Coronation Street star Michelle Collins has said that her character Stella Price will struggle to cope following the revelation that her fiancé Karl Munro started the blaze at the Rovers Return.
As Stella finds herself at the centre of speculation next week following Karl's arrest, she goes into complete self-destruct mode and hits the bottle.
Collins said: "She's completely broken. Stella is quite a fragile thing - she may act the feisty landlady, but behind that she's delicate and vulnerable and this just completely knocks her for six.
"It's not just the fact that he was behind the fire that shakes her, but the extent to which he tried to pull the wool over her eyes once again and cover his tracks. Stella sees that behaviour as being calculated. Once again she has failed to detect his lies.
"She's absolutely devastated. She feels completely undone. This is beyond humiliation for her now. She never for one second imagined that Karl would be capable of causing this much devastation and the realisation is completely earth-shattering for her."
It is left to Dev to try and get through to Stella, telling her not to blame herself, but a drunk Stella ends up breaking down in front of him.
Collins said: "Stella feels so much to blame for what's happened and she knows she should have listened to Dev when he told her not to forgive Karl the first time round.
"Dev knows that Stella is blaming herself but he has had much longer to process the truth than she has. The pain on Stella's face is so visible to him.
"It is Dev who forces Stella to listen to him when she's in a drunken state and insists that she must not blame herself for what's happened in any way. She ends up breaking down on Dev, which leaves her feeling mortified when she sobers up."
Speaking about the future for Stella, Collins said: "At this stage, she can't see a way out. She's at her lowest ebb really, being eaten away by a whole host of emotions.
"Karl is in the walls of the Rovers and as long as she's there she can't see a way of escaping him.
Coronation Street actor John Michie has praised the departure of his character Karl Munro from the show.
Last night, viewers saw Karl admit to setting fire to The Rovers Return in a bid to win back Stella Price, killing former lover Sunita Alahan and firefighter Toni Griffiths in the process.
After revealing all to his new wife Stella, she persuades him to come clean with the police and take his punishment.
In a final on-set interview with ITV, Michie said: "I thought it was a great ending. I thought it was really good that Stella convinced Karl to be the man that she once knew, and that he was to be honest with himself and admit he was wrong and admit that he had killed; to walk out with his hands up and say, 'Alright guy, I did it'.
"He kind of absolved himself, in as much as you can do having been the cause of two people's deaths."
Michie, who will soon join Holby City as a regular cast member, said that he had "loved" playing Karl, with his "many flaws".
He said: "He's addicted to gambling, he's got a bit of a drinking addiction as well - and he's also addicted to women. Those three things make a wonderful character to play, and I'll really miss getting inside the head of Karl Munro."
The 56-year-old also revealed his favourite scenes involved the dramatic destruction of the pub and the emotional aftermath of the hospital.
He explained: "One of the highlights was when Karl set fire to the Rovers, one of the most iconic pubs in Great Britain, even though it's fictious. I think all the hospital scenes as well, and Karl's duplicity was fabulous to play."
Commenting on Karl's future, Michie teased: "Is it the last we'll see of Karl? I don't think you can ever… I mean he's alive, he's inside, he's doing time. Who knows?"
Michie's co-star Michelle Collins recently revealed that she has asked that her character Stella Price is not killed off when she leaves the show in coming months.
It wasn't a great episode, John's acting was good but the end result was very anti climax
Stella turns to drink to cope with the shocking revelation about her husband Karl, Michelle Collins has revealed.
Michelle, who plays Stella, said: "Stella is ridden with guilt, regret and shame and she can’t escape the fact that she let this man into her life."
"She soon turns to the bottle to help her face people in the pub," she added.
"Stella’s at her lowest ebb really, being eaten away by a whole host of emotions..."
Following the dramatic showdown, which saw Karl attack Dev and take Stella hostage in the Rovers, Karl confessed that he started the Rovers fire to frame her ex-boyfriend Jason, and killed Sunita when she began to show signs of recovery in order to cover his tracks.
"Stella is absolutely devastated. She never for one second imagined that Karl would be capable of causing this much devastation, and the realisation is completely earth-shattering for her."
"Stella is quite a fragile thing - she may act the feisty landlady, but behind that she’s delicate and vulnerable and this just completely knocks her for six," said Michelle.
Guilt-ridden Stella blames herself for the damage Karl has done, and turns to drink in a bid to block out her troubles.
"She can’t help but think that if she hadn’t have given Karl another chance then they wouldn’t be in this position."
"Stella figures that it can’t get much worse and that drinking might help her deal with the sympathy and pity on all the faces she sees in the Rovers."
"Karl is in the walls of the Rovers, and as long as she’s there she can’t see a way of escaping him..."
Eva and Gloria become concerned for Stella's well-being as it is clear she's not moving on from this life-shattering revelation.
"Stella isn’t coping. In the past she’s been able to put on a brave face, especially when it comes to her business, but this time it’s different. That’s why she has to drink to get through it."
"I think Gloria and Eva are really worried for her when they see she can’t even face working in the pub that she’s fought so hard for."
Michelle Collins has announced plans to release her autobiography next year.
The soap actress has promised to reveal her own personal stories about working on both EastEnders and Coronation Street, reports the Daily Star.
Collins portrayed Cindy Beale on EastEnders from 1988 to 1998, before landing the role of Stella Price in rival soap Coronation Street in 2011.
The currently untitled book will be available in April 2014, and will document her early career as a singer before rising to fame on television.
She will also discuss her battles with eating disorders, how she walked out on her wedding to entrepreneur Parry Cockwell and her court battle with Italian ex-partner Fabrizio Tassalini for custody of daughter Maia.
Collins said in a statement: "I've been asked many times to write my story but the time has never been right. Now it's the right time."
The actress will leave Coronation Street in 2014, at around the same time of the release of her book.
She said that she might consider returning to the soap in a few years' time.
Bet Alan can't wait :p
I have already ordered my copy through Amazon.. Strangely enough I quite liked her in EE but she is totally useless in Corrie.
Stella Price's Coronation Street exit will be a low-key storyline concentrating on her relationship with daughter Leanne.
Michelle Collins announced last August that she will be bowing out from the role of Stella, but show bosses have now ruled out an explosive departure for the character.
Speaking at a Coronation Street press event yesterday (January 10), producer Stuart Blackburn explained: "Stella is on screen until the end of April or early May. 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 the cast of Coronation Street in mid-2011, when the Price clan took charge at the Rovers Return. More recently, Stella has moved on from the pub and is working at the Bistro.
Hopefully they shut and double lock the door after her.. In fact better still brick it up!!!!!Quote:
Hopefully it's genuine, moving, truthful and leaves the door open.
Coronation Street star Michelle Collins has agreed with fans about her character's recent lack of screen time. Alan??? :D
The actress, who has played Stella Price since 2011, announced her departure from the soap last August.
However, viewers have taken to Twitter to express their annoyance over Stella's quieter time on screen over the last few months. The show's producer, Stuart Blackburn, also recently confirmed that Stella would have a quiet exit later this year.
Replying to a tweet from one of her followers who was claiming that Stella had become an extra, Collins replied: "Tell me about it!"
Collins has previously taken to Twitter to express her disappointment over the situation, saying: 'It's so nice people are missing me on @itvcorrie. Im sorry but Stella's become a bit of a minor character now it's a shame I know !!"
Stella will be on screen until the spring, with Blackburn explaining that she will eventually leave Weatherfield to help her daughter Leanne.
He said: "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!'
Perhaps if she had been introduced gradually instead of taking the lead in every storyline the views may have taken to her.. I certainly will not be sad to see the back of her.
Not sure if I will be glad to see the back of her but I certainly have not missed her and had not actually realised that she had less screen time recently :o
Who is angry??????
Probably her mates
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I'm angry she was there so long
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I'm angry she was there so long
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.