Coronation Street’s Kylie Platt could soon return to the ITV cobbles, as fans reckon they’ve worked out a major twist in her death storyline.
Kylie, played by Paula Lane, died in her husband David’s arms back in 2016 after being stabbed by Shona’s son Clayton Hibbs.
The Platt family were left reeling after her loss, with David struggling to find love again until getting together with Shona.
But now fans think Kylie could be returning despite the tragic twist – as she could return as a “ghost” for an extended storyline involving David, Max, Lily and the rest of the family.
Taking to Facebook, one fan theorised: “Is it possible in any way for Paula Lane to return? I just thought it was a big mistake killing her off and in my opinion the biggest mistake Corrie has made!”
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Someone quickly responded: “Would be great if soaps would bring dead characters back as their ghosts full time, and have them continue to live as ghosts. Soaps have never done this have they?
“They let Vera return as a ghost to take Jack away with her, but that was only one scene.”
Another added: “Yeah I’d love to see Kylie’s ghost!”
“As a ghost maybe or in a flashback scene?” another viewer ponded.
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However, others thought an easier way for Paula to return would be as another character entirely – or even as Kylie’s long-lost twin.
One fan guessed: “She could come back as someone else, another character – as she is probably forgotten now as Kylie?”
“Maybe come back as Kylie’s twin?” another wondered.
As a third said: “They do that all the time in the States. Identical twin or lookalike relative who conveniently no-one knew about! They find a way.”
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And she wouldn’t be the first character a soap has ever brought back to life – Dallas favourite Bobby was killed off at the end of a season, before appearing in the shower the following series – his death being a dream the whole time.
Paula herself has addressed her soap exit, insisting that she never asked for her character to be killed off.
Speaking on the Soap from the Box podcast, she said: “I didn’t ask to be killed off. That decision was made for me. I was up for maybe having [daughter] Penny and then coming back for a bit and then going again.
“But I think they felt it muddied the water a bit and they wanted a clean exit. Across the board they were quite split about it, the writers were very torn. It was Stuart Blackburn who made the call, he was the producer at the time.”
She added: “I was so shocked, I was heartbroken. I really didn’t see that coming and I think the audience was equally shocked.
‘It’s just the way the cookie crumbles, I guess.”
Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 7:30pm on ITV.
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