Coronation Street star Lucy Fallon has opened up about the changes viewers will see in Bethany Platt when she returns to the cobbles. It was rumoured the actress was reprising her role in the ITV soap over the summer.
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Benidorm fans might have been surprised to find Adam Gillen's name in the cast credits for BBC drama Boat Story, as the actor looks completely unrecognisable from his days as Liam Conroy. Adam, 38, was best known for his role as hapless maintenance worker Liam in comedy series Benidorm, the son of Tim Healy's character Les Conroy, and originally showed up at the Solana as a holiday guest, but stayed on as staff.
Viewers are used to seeing him clean shaven and wearing a pair of red overalls as hapless Liam, so his transformation for violent BBC series Boat Story may have left some doing a double take when the first two episodes aired last Sunday and Monday, 20 November. Adam plays sinister drug dealer Vinnie Douglas in the new series starring Daisy Haggard and Paterson Joseph about two down-on-their-luck strangers who stumble across a huge haul of drugs on a boat - and find themselves targeted by mobsters and police.
The actor looks much older as Vinnie, with slicked back greying hair, a wiry beard and an earring, but the differences to harmless Liam go well beyond his looks. His Boat Story character is a menacing figure who spells further danger for Daisy and Paterson's characters in the action thriller.
A BBC description of character Vinnie reads: "A mid-level drug dealer with a superstitious streak, Vinnie has worked hard to build his North-East operation. He has big dreams and will do anything to achieve them.
"So when a stranger tries to muscle in on his turf, Vinnie vows to fight to the death to keep it, but his deep paranoia means he soon starts to question who around him he can trust, making him all the more dangerous." Viewers have been shocked by the levels of violence in Boat Story. One viewer commented on X:
.Coronation Street star Lucy Fallon has opened up about the changes viewers will see in Bethany Platt when she returns to the cobbles. It was rumoured the actress was reprising her role in the ITV soap over the summer.
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