Coronation Street actress Samia Longchambon has revealed she has been forced to ditch a top worn by her character Maria Connor after it “distracted” the show’s director.
Earlier this week the 41-year-old took to Instagram to explain that wearing the turtle-neck piece has often left viewers of the ITV questioning if she’d had a neck tattoo. Mum-of-two Samia shared a selfie snap of herself wearing the top in question – a figure-hugging pink number, abstract patterned with patches of black.
On Monday the actress asked her 437,000 followers for their opinions on whether or not she should continue wearing it during filming. “Every time I (as Maria) wear this top on @coronationstreet I get messages saying it looks like I’ve had a neck tattoo,” she wrote. “Should we ditch it or keep it?! Tell me below… you can decide Maria’s wardrobe on this one…”
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In an overwhelming response, her fans were clearly keen for Samia to keep the top, with one fan commenting: “You look beautiful as always Samia, definitely keep it.” Another agreed: “Not keen on neck tops never really have been but you look fab keep it.”
A third added: “Samia, you’d look amazing in a bin bag!! You always wear it well.” And a fourth joked: “I thought you had your neck tattooed, keep it, it’s well rough in Weatherfield, you look well ‘ard!”
Samia returned to her profile on Wednesday, however, to reveal that despite the positive feedback, she’s been forced to retire the top from filming following comments made by a Corrie director. “So after my post the other day about Maria’s top that makes it look like I’ve got a neck tattoo… I thought I’d just come on and give you a little update,” she said on her story.
Samia continued: “Loads saying keep it, loads saying ditch it. But after I put that post up I went on to set in the studio and did a line-run with Mikey [North – Gary Windass] and our lovely director, Jason. The first thing that Jason said to me afterwards was, ‘That top makes it look like you’ve got a neck tattoo and I was really distracted.’
“He’d not seen the post at that point so I think if the director is distracted by the top then that’s probably not a good sign. So I think we’re going to have to ditch the top – and I will give it to charity.”
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Samia landed the role of Maria in 2000 after seeing off competition from Hear’Say singer Suzanne Shaw (who was later cast in Emmerdale) and Girls Aloud star, Kimberley Walsh. Elsewhere in her TV career, she won Cooking with the Stars last year as well as an episode of Celebrity Stars in the Their Eyes as she performed as Holly Valance.
She finished eighth in the 2013 series of Dancing On Ice, meanwhile, and also appeared in a Corrie spoof on Keith Lemon’s Bo Selecta.
Coronation Street airs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX
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