(This post was originally posted by Flaming Nora on the Coronation Street Blog December 2013, reposted to this blog with permission.)There's a good interview on Yahoo News by Nermin Oomer who speaks to Martin Sterling, Coronation Street’s senior storyliner about the decision to kill off Hayley Cropper.
Martin says: “It’s the first time in my entire career here that I actually did have tears in my eyes."
Julie Hesmondhalgh, who plays Hayley Cropper, gave the Corrie team a year’s notice about her intention to leave the show.
“We don’t normally have so much notice to do an exit story,” says Martin. “It gave us the luxury of planning a long term story but with Roy and Hayley it presented its own challenges as they are a unique couple. They’re like swans – they mated for life; a couple you could never break up. So in a way it was a very easy decision to kill Hayley off as actually there was no other option.”
Martin has nothing but praise for Julie Hesmondhalgh and David Neilson, who play Hayley and Roy.
“They’re superb. This storyline has just shown how brilliant they are. They take your breath away sometimes. There is a poignancy at Christmas as Roy and Hayley have possibly the best Christmas ever tinged with a knowledge it’s also going to be their last. But after that we do start to get into the end game and it’s done with great sensitivity. It’s absolutely brilliant and once Hayley’s left the show Roy has a new journey to embark on.
That’s the start of a new story – a new chapter for Roy."
Read the full interview here.
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