Coronation Street star Claire Sweeney teases shock axing after Ken Barlow poisoning twist

CLAIRE Sweeney has spoken retired to tease her exit from Coronation Street, arsenic her on-screen quality gets up to nary good.

Claire, who has played Cassie Plumber successful the ITV soap since past year, has present revealed her acheronian caller storyline and wherefore if she does permission the soap she won’t beryllium bittersweet to go.

Claire Sweeney has played Cassie Plummber successful Coronation Street since joining the soap past year

Recent scenes person seen Cassie caring for Ken Barlow, but things instrumentality a crook for the worst aft she’s seen adding thing to his tea

Speaking successful a Q&A aft the scenes of her poisoning mediocre Ken person aired connected Coronation Street, Claire explained that it mightiness not beryllium arsenic malicious arsenic it seems.

She said: “She feels terrible. There’s implicit remorse – she ne'er wanted to wounded him and she thinks she’s gone excessively far.

“She’s not trying to harm him; she conscionable wants him to request her. I deliberation she regrets giving him humor thinners. There is an constituent of guilt – she does question herself.”

The filming and storyline besides impacted co-star Bill Roache, who has played Ken Barlow since its archetypal occurrence successful 1960.

She explained: “We were some a spot shocked and it sounds atrocious that I’m poisoning him, but she conscionable wants him to request her.

“She wants to support her  occupation and she loves being with him. 

“Bill is similar myself, he’s precise keen to play the affection betwixt the 2 characters truthful it’s not conscionable achromatic and achromatic – determination is simply a grey area.”

The tense storyline could good beryllium the extremity for Cassie and pb to her exit from the cobbles, arsenic Claire explained that erstwhile she received the storyline she did deliberation she was being chopped from the soap

She added: “It does transverse your mind. When I got this job, if you’d person told maine that a twelvemonth and a fractional later, I’d beryllium present having a large storyline with Bill Roache, I’d person been truthful grateful for that.

“In my clip successful Corrie, I’ve had large scenes with Maureen Lipman, a large storyline with Bill Roache, I’ve got to snog Steve McDonald and person a feline combat with Tracy.”

Yet if it is the extremity of her clip connected Coronation Street, Claire revealed she would person nary regrets arsenic she shared: “What much could I want?

“So, if this does awesome the end, I’d spell – good hasn’t that been great, I’ve been blessed.”

Ken is rushed to hospital, leaving others disquieted astir him

The poisoning has besides caused interest from others connected Coronation Street too

Claire has revealed she is ‘grateful’ for the large storylines she’s had connected the soap