A former Coronation Street star spilled the beans on a major stunt that never hit our screens, revealing it got slashed from the storyboard ’cause it was deemed way too pricey.
The Weatherfield-based ITV soap has had us gasping at drastic stunts that turn the drama all the way up. Fans will recall the shocking minibus flip in 2015 that nearly did for the knicker-factory of Underworld.
And let’s cast our minds back to the legendary 50th-anniversary shocker in 2010: the tram catastrophe that brought the Street to its knees and killed off four characters. Fast-forward to 2022, where the soap pushed the envelope with groundbreaking tech for Kelly Neelan’s (Millie Gibson) adieu.
Yet, whispers suggest there was a stunt of epic proportions in the pipeline a while ago, but it got the chop for being a budget-buster. Daran Little, an award-winning writer who’s notched up credits on both Coronation Street and EastEnders spilt the details in an online post recently, reports the Liverpool Echo.
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According to Little: “You wanna blow your mind further? At one stage we planned to flood the street – like a massive flood that killed people and had everyone sat on their roofs but it was way too expensive.”
Corrie loyalists lost it in the comments, with one fan posting: “Nah I would love to see this! ! It needs to happen!” Someone else quipped: “Love this! Now I can’t stop picturing Emily Bishop on her roof like Noah from Noah’s ark.”
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While a third fan admitted: “Honestly would probably start watching again for this.” Another weighed in with: “Oh wow, this stuff should have happened.”
Fans will recall how the closet bosses got to this, was the sinkhole collapse. The initial 2020 sinkhole terrorised the Platt’s garden, which a year later spiralled into a maelstrom of devastation and death on the beloved cobblestones.
Coronation Street airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
