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Coronation Street to
get first lesbian character
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July 2008- Coronation Street is set to introduce a new face in Weatherfield.
The newcomer will be the first gay female to feature in the soap and comes
following the success of The Street's Sean Tully, played by Antony Cotton, 32,
who joined the cast in 2003.
‘Executives want
to create a soap which is representative of society in 2008 and they are acutely
aware they need more gay characters,’ an insider tells the News Of The World.
Barmaid
Violet Wilson
(played by Jenny Platt, 28) was originally intended to come out as a lesbian.
But her on-screen relationships with
Jamie Baldwin
(Rupert Hill, 30) and
Jason Grimshaw (Ryan
Thomas, 23) were popular with audiences so the storyline changed.
‘It does seem
ridiculous it has never been explored on Corrie,' the source reveals, 'but
that's all about to change.
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