Michelle Collins and John Michie join as Stella and Karl

[lizann]

Who cares

You Alan of course be honest you love Stella

[lizann]

Who cares

You Alan of course be honest you love Stella

[tammyy2j]

Coronation Street newcomer Marc Baylis has explained Rob Donovan's attraction to Rovers Return landlady Stella Price.

Speaking to Digital Spy, the actor revealed that Rob hopes to "put a bit of a smile" on Stella's face following her split with love cheat Karl Munro.

Baylis said: "Well, I'm sure that any hot-blooded male out there would probably agree that she is a hot lady! There's a cheeky glint in her eye that he's latched onto - he definitely finds that attractive.

"It's purely the fact that he does think Stella is very hot. There's no boundaries for Rob where women are concerned. Even though he's been spending a bit of time with Eva, he's up for having a bit of fun elsewhere."

However, Baylis remained coy on whether Stella (Michelle Collins) will reciprocate Rob's advances, adding: "It's not an outright refusal - it's just a bit of teasing and a bit of flirting that's going on.

"I think Rob's pushing that as far as he possibly can, to see how far he can get with the situation!

"Rob also wants to put a bit of a smile on Stella's face, because he knows exactly what's been going on with Karl.

"It's not necessarily harmless fun, but he's definitely working to cheer her up a bit."

[alan45]

Coronation Street rubbish actor Michelle Collins has hinted that her pitiful character Stella Price will soon embark on a new romance.

The 51-year-old actress - who joined the soap last year - told Metro that the Rover's landlady will fall for a current Weatherfield resident in a forthcoming storyline.

"Stella is going to have a little bit of a romance in her life coming up," Collins said. "I can't really say who it is, but it's quite exciting.

"It is someone on the street and it's someone that people like," she continued. "That's all I'm going to say. I don't really know too much about it as they've just started it."

Viewers saw Stella's marriage collapse earlier this year following husband Karl's affair with barmaid Sunita Alahan (Shobna Gulati).

When Sunita's husband Dev was suggested as a potential love interest for Stella, Collins refused to comment. However, she said that filming such scenes with Jimmi Harkishin, who plays the corner shop owner, would be interesting.

"I've known Jimmi for years," she said. "We go back a long way, so that would be quite fun. I adore him, he's very funny. It's nice working with him."

Collins also admitted that she would be willing to be involved in some more risqué scenes if the storyline demanded it.

"I'm not sure people would be interested in that, to be honest with you," she joked. "No-one has ever paid me to take my clothes off for a job, ever.

"Hopefully I've got jobs on my acting ability and nothing else," she continued, "so hopefully I can grow old gracefully. But if the storyline wanted something like that then I'd talk to the director [and] if it was tastefully done, then why not?"

Collins added: "I don't think you can be too precious about these things. But it is Corrie, it's before [the] watershed, so you can't really get away with too much.'

[owenlee4me]

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Well Stella is to get a fella and we have to guess who it is, seems it's someone liked?
well that rules out Nick Tilsley Kev, Lloyd, David, Ryan, Norris, Carla's brother, Peter and Ken Barlow, not many left cept Tyrone?

How much on a bet they do the same storyline as in Eastenders with Kat, not telling the viewers who it is for months to keep us guessing, we all know how Soaps copy each others storylines, yep bet thats it!!!

[parkerman]

You've forgotten Roy....

[Perdita]

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[Perdita]

You've forgotten Roy....

and Dennis Tanner

[tammyy2j]

Lloyd or Dev or Steve maybe since he breaks up with Michelle and she gets with Rob

[owenlee4me]

and Dennis Tanner

Roy? well i know he went through hell when Scary Mary was after him, could not see a strong bold woman like Stella pressing his buttons!