Caz (Rhea Bailey)

[Perdita]

Coronation Street is rocked by a shock death next week that leaves Kirk Sutherland and Maria Connor devastated.
The pair are rocked when they receive a phone call from someone close to them revealing that a close family member is very unwell hasn’t got long left to live.
Maria and Kirk are devastated, but things go from bad to worse as by the middle of the week when they find out their relative has died.
As they share fond memories of their time together, weird Caz Hammond relishes the opportunity to be a pillar of support to a grieving Maria.
When Maria explains to Caz that she has to go to visit Pablo in London, she’s taken aback when Caz invites herself along for the trip too.
Knowing she has to have an honest conversation with Caz, she explains to her that she only sees her as a friend, prompting the disgraced soldier to flee in tears, unable to come to terms with it.
Maria then tells Caz that she thinks it best if she moves out of the salon flat before she leaves for London. But with Maria out of the way, will Caz persuade Kirk to let her stay a while longer and what plan does she have up her sleeve?

[tammyy2j]

Is it one of their parents who die or a relative of Pablo?

[Perdita]

If you thought Coronation Street's Caz Hammond was a bit unhinged then you haven't seen anything yet as she will soon be at the centre of one of the show's darkest stories.

Caz has already displayed a rather uncomfortable fixation with Maria Connor (Samia Ghadie), but matters are set to get a whole lot worse in a future plot.

And actress Rhea Bailey was so shocked by the nature of the storyline that she questioned whether it could be shown before the watershed.

"However bad you think it's going to get, just times it by ten," she said to Radio Times. "I've even asked, 'Are we allowed to do this because you do know this show is on before the watershed, right?' It's definitely going to get quite dark."

She continued: "We all know Caz is completely unhinged. And I'm completely with the audience.

"I'm screaming at the TV telling Maria to run to safety. It's all very nail-biting and you should be worried about what Caz is capable of."

One thing's for sure, we are very intrigued. And a little bit worried.

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[swmc66]

Well she was using the credit card today

[lizann]

can her dark plot be killing maria

[swmc66]

She wouldn't gain anything from doing that.

[lizann]

She wouldn't gain anything from doing that.

a happy viewer in me

[lizann]

She wouldn't gain anything from doing that.

a happy viewer in me

[swmc66]

True same here

[Perdita]

Coronation Street star Rhea Bailey has opened up about the abuse she has received because of her unhinged character Caz Hammond.

Caz (Rhea Bailey) has spent the past month lying low after framing Maria for her 'murder' - which has had the desired effect, given that Maria is now behind bars awaiting trial.

Upcoming scenes may finally see Caz get caught out when her ex-partner Kate Connor manages to lure her back to the cobbles in a cunning trap.

But sadly for Rhea, she has taken the brunt of her alter ego's bizarre behaviour and has received a barrage of abuse, both online and in person.

"Somebody shouted at the top of their voice that I was a bitch the other day," she explained. "I looked at the friend I was with and said, 'Is this okay? Am I supposed to just stand for this?'

"I can take care of myself and I don't think you can give people abuse for no reason; I don't think that's okay. But apparently because we're on a TV show, they have permission to give us abuse in the street. And I'm supposed to be really polite and nice about it because it's my job.

"So instead of me giving a normal reaction which would be, 'Who do you think you're talking to?' I have to go, 'Oh, are you talking about my character? Oh, I see.'

"You have to be really nice to these people and treat them with kid gloves when actually you want to say, 'You can't talk to me like that!' To a lot of the viewers, it's like a panto. They're booing a character, they're not booing me."

Thankfully, Rhea has been able to get advice from her co-stars Kate Ford and Connor McIntyre - who play fellow villains Tracy Barlow and Pat Phelan. She also admits that she has had support from the Corrie press team.

"I've spoken to people here about it," she said. "I've spoken to other actors here such as Kate Ford, because she obviously gets abuse from people on a regular basis and she's used to it now. So I had a chat with her and I had a chat with Connor. I was surprised to learn that he has such a different response from people.

"Kate's really good. She's a really good, honest and genuine person. She said you have to get to the point where you don't really care what people think of you and, because she's been dealing with it for so long, it doesn't affect her. It's just a learning curve that you embark on when you're in a show as huge as this.

"The press office said they would investigate anything really nasty online, but it hasn't gone that far. It's just unkind comments, but I think that happens to everybody, regardless of your job - that's the nature of the beast with social media."

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Shame that some don´t realise that Rhea is playing a part, she is not really framing anyone in real life ....