Hayley hangs up her Red Anorak

[Perdita]

Coronation Street star Jennie McAlpine has revealed more details of the fallout from Hayley Cropper's death.

Now that Hayley has ended her life, it's left to her loved ones to deal with the emotional repercussions as they miss out on precious days they could have shared with her.

McAlpine's character Fiz is particularly furious when she learns of the Croppers' recent secrecy, but she later tries to make Roy see sense when he considers skipping Hayley's funeral.

Here, Jennie chats about life after Hayley on Coronation Street.

How does Fiz cope in the aftermath of Hayley's death?
"She's absolutely devastated. Even though they've expected it and they've known for some time that she was going to die, it's a shock to Fiz. The audience knew that Hayley was going to end her life but Fiz didn't. She knew Hayley didn't have long left, but she didn't realise it was going to be that soon."

Does Fiz feel that the end was rather sudden and unexpected?
"Yes she does, as she'd seen Hayley only that day. It's strange - she'd seen her alive that day and then suddenly she isn't there anymore. She's shocked, but once the shock has gone and she's had time to think, she starts to realise that Hayley could have been saying her last goodbyes that day and therefore knew she was going to die that night."

Does Fiz suspect anything suspicious about Hayley's death?
"Fiz walks in and finds Anna and Roy obviously talking about Hayley, but they go quiet and it's obvious they don't want her to hear what they are saying. She thinks this is strange and then throughout the day nothing seems to add up. Fiz thinks it's odd - she thinks the way Roy is behaving is odd, and she thinks there was something odd about the way Hayley was acting in the run-up to her death."

Fizz overhears Roy and Anna talking about Hayley's passing.
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Fizz overhears Roy and Anna talking about Hayley

Does Carla's reaction increase these suspicions?
"Fiz tells Carla that she thinks Hayley was saying her goodbyes, but Carla tells her not to think about it. I think Carla knows at that point that Fiz is on to something and because of Carla's cagey reaction, Fiz goes to Roy and asks him. I don't think at that point Fiz thinks Hayley ended her life, but she does think something just doesn't add up."

What are Fiz's feelings when Roy tells her the truth?
"She's really angry. She's quite selfish in the way she reacts and the way she behaves. It's very distressing for Roy because she gets very angry with him and it's very unusual for them to argue. Roy asks her what she would have done differently and she tells him she would have been able to stop her. She really takes it out on Roy but I think she's angry with Hayley at that point."

Is Fiz jealous of Anna and Carla because they knew and she didn't?
"She feels embarrassed that Anna and Carla knew. Fiz feels she was closer to Hayley and therefore should have known, but the situation isn't how Fiz imagines it in her head. Anna found out accidentally and so did Carla. She feels stupid and angry and because Hayley isn't here anymore, Roy gets the backlash. She's grieving."

Roy tells Fiz the truth about Hayley's death
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Roy tells Fiz the truth about Hayley's death

Does Fiz disapprove of what Hayley did?
"At the time I think she does. It's such a sensitive issue to tackle and Fiz puts across the other side of the argument. Anna and Carla are very much for Hayley's decision but Fiz doesn't think it was Hayley's decision to make."

Does she later understand why Hayley chose to do this?
"I think Fiz realises that something like that was a choice that only Hayley could make. It was the right thing for Hayley and for that situation."

Will Fiz come to realise that Roy needs her support?
"The promise that she made to Hayley to look after Roy is at the back of Fiz's mind. She will look after him, but close families do fall out and they're not going to agree with everything. Roy is full of regret too, and the last thing he needs is Fiz having a go at him. He didn't want Hayley to go through with it and he starts to feel angry afterwards."

Does Fiz confide in Tyrone?
"She doesn't tell Tyrone until the day of the funeral and it's only because she has to because Roy is thinking of boycotting the service. Tyrone is incredibly understanding and tells her it must have been a really difficult choice for Hayley. He makes Fiz see sense."

What was it like to film the funeral scenes?
"Roy's emotions at that point are really complex. The whole funeral is about Roy pretending that Hayley was all these nice things, when inside Roy is angry with Hayley. He's a very honest and straightforward man and he doesn't think it's just or fair to let everyone grieve for Hayley and not tell them about what she'd done.

"Fiz, Anna and Carla all stay by Roy's side because they are terrified he's going to say something. She thinks he would regret it if he did."

The community pay it's respects to Hayley.
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The community pay it's respects to Hayley.

How are things between Tyrone and Fiz now they're living together?
"Tyrone has been a real comfort for Fiz. They have the kids and they are both going to fulfil their promise to Hayley to look after Roy. They'll take him on outings and make sure Roy is involved with the kids. Tyrone has been a real support for her."

How much are you missing working with Julie now she's left?
"We are really missing her. I'm going to go and see her in her new show at the Royal Exchange in Manchester, which I'm really excited about. We will definitely stay in touch."

[GloriaW]

I've just caught up with this. How anyone can think that a) Kate Ford is anything but an appalling actor and b) Tracy Barlow is a convincing villain is beyond me. They are both, in my opinion, hopeless and completely unbelievable.

You're welcome to your opinion which is beyond me also. And again, if you read my original post I wasn't hailing her acting skills or the others I pointed out, I was saying I felt they were effective character interpretations. Hardly any of these soap actors give nuanced or shaded performances due to their limitations and that of the scripts and shooting schedules. However, for me, some of them succeed sufficiently in terms of making their characters entertaining and/or believable.

[swmc66]

Poor Roy I am sure if someone takes a lethal drink they have convulsions or something. Must have been hard.

[GloriaW]

Poor Roy I am sure if someone takes a lethal drink they have convulsions or something. Must have been hard.

I felt they made it all look too easy in a way which is not a good message to send. Hopefully the aftermath will help get across the price paid for the survivors of a suicide. Had a famiily member take their own live in dissimilar circumstances with the feeling that it would make things easeir for the famiily without them. It had the opposite effect.

[GloriaW]

Poor Roy I am sure if someone takes a lethal drink they have convulsions or something. Must have been hard.

I felt they made it all look too easy in a way which is not a good message to send. Hopefully the aftermath will help get across the price paid for the survivors of a suicide. Had a famiily member take their own live in dissimilar circumstances with the feeling that it would make things easeir for the famiily without them. It had the opposite effect.

[swmc66]

Newspapers saying that they thought it was going to be an assisted suicide and feel let down by corrie

[Perdita]

They always made it clear that it was to be Hayley's decision and she was going to do it while she was able to do so unaided - although the debate about whether assisted suicide should be made legal or not got brought to the forefront again with this storyline

[mariba]

At the risk of sounding boring, and I'm not a frequent poster, so many people may not know, I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer last year. Consequently, now, if I hear the word cancer I don't ignore it, whereas previously I'd gloss over it. I've said that only to explain that my views may be biased. On BBC Breakfast News yesterday there was an interview with a pancreatic cancer doctor and one of the Coronation Street producers. They showed a clip from Friday night's episodes, and even the presenters looked moved by it. The doctor said that in reality very few terminally ill patients choose to end their own lives, it's people who are mentally ill who are more likely to commit suicide. I do not watch Eastenders [only financial bribery would make me watch it], so can't comment on how they handling the Breast Cancer story line. I dip in and out of Emmerdale, to me they almost seem to have forgotten that Brenda was diagnosed with cancer. I accept it's difficult for soaps to portray cancer story lines. It's an emotive subject. Until I was diagnosed I had no idea there are 5 grades and stages of breast cancer. The medical definition of my breast cancer takes up 3 lines of text in all my letters from the hospital. All I know is, for wont of a better word, I've enjoyed the story line. If it's raised the profile of pancreatic cancer, that's a good thing in my view.

I think Emmerdale did well previously few years ago when Sam's wife&Samson's mother Alice was diagnosed&died from cancer..it was so moving..I must say even more so than Hayley's.

[mariba]

Newspapers saying that they thought it was going to be an assisted suicide and feel let down by corrie

That's stupid. It never was meant to be assisted in that sense- Hayley always wanted to do it herself and not allow Roy to even touch any medicines she was going to use. The only way Roy DID assist her, was that he watched her die and didn't call for help-I suppose one can argue that that was assisting as well.
I'm totally pro right to die - I think humans have to have the right to end their own life with terminal illness such as cancer, if they so wish. If animal is not put down when it's suffering, it's called cruelty so why to let humans suffer?

[mariba]

Newspapers saying that they thought it was going to be an assisted suicide and feel let down by corrie

That's stupid. It never was meant to be assisted in that sense- Hayley always wanted to do it herself and not allow Roy to even touch any medicines she was going to use. The only way Roy DID assist her, was that he watched her die and didn't call for help-I suppose one can argue that that was assisting as well.
I'm totally pro right to die - I think humans have to have the right to end their own life with terminal illness such as cancer, if they so wish. If animal is not put down when it's suffering, it's called cruelty so why to let humans suffer?