‘Can’t wait!’ Alison King confirms very different new role away from Coronation Street

Coronation Street prima Alison King has confirmed a marque caller relation distant from the cobbles. 

The actress, who is amended known arsenic Weatherfield’s Carla Connor, is acceptable to look connected the large surface successful caller movie Dirty Truckers. 

Writer Ian Hodges announced quality of the movie successful a station connected LinkedIn. 

Alison past commented: ‘Can’t hold to get this disconnected the crushed Ian.’

According to the film’s IMDB page, Alison volition play a quality called Ella and volition stock the surface with Royle Family fable Ricky Tomlinson and retired nonrecreational boxer Joe Egan. 

A synopsis for the movie reads: ‘Unemployed British motortruck drivers successful the 1980s edifice to amerciable activities involving the quarry, mafia, and constabulary to marque wealth quickly, putting their livelihoods and state astatine hazard arsenic they navigate a web of corruption.’

It is presently unclear however Alison’s caller relation volition impact her filming with Coronation Street. 

Metro has contacted a spokesperson for the ITV soap for comment. 

Alison joined Coronation Street arsenic mill brag Carla successful 2006, earlier taking a four-month interruption from the relation successful 2012. 

She discontinue the cobbles aft a decennary successful 2016, but made a triumphant instrumentality a twelvemonth later. 

Alison is presently cardinal to 1 of Corrie’s large storylines, arsenic Carla wrestles with her increasing feelings for DS Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers). 

The brace person grown to go adjacent friends since Swain’s accomplishment successful Weatherfield earlier this year. 

Recently, however, it has been hinted that their narration could crook much romantic. 

Coronation Street airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday astatine 8pm connected ITV1 and from 7am connected ITVX.

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