Coronation Street star teases important scene during Gemma and Chesney's wedding
22.05.2023 - 17:05
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Coronation Street actress Dolly-Rose Campbell has teased an important moment set to air during Chesney and Gemma's wedding.
The star, 36, has played Gemma Winter on the ITV soap since 2014. Her character is set to tie the knot with Weatherfield local Chesney Brown, played by Sam Aston. Dolly-Rose shared her excitement at the special scene, which showcases a conversation in British Sign Language that will air during the wedding.
She said that her character Gemma has been learning sign language on the soap after discovering that one of her quadruplets, Aled, was born deaf.
The actress herself as been learning BSL since the storyline began, and added that while all viewers will be able to watch the scene unfold, only those who know sign will understand the conversation.
Speaking about the special moment she hopes doesn't go unnoticed, Dolly-Rose translated the signing and gave hints of when it could air. She told The Mirror and other press: "So I don't know if it will be caught in the wedding. Cherylee Houston [who plays Izzy Armstrong] can sign as well.
"So she was signing with the interpreter in the background, and when I looked over she was telling the interpreter that she had been dyeing the dress in her bath, and it dyed her bath.
"I don't know if the whole conversation will be seen, and you'd have to know [some sign language] to be able to catch it."
Explaining her decision to learn BSL in real life, she added: "We were going to have a deaf actor on set as part of our family. He can't learn not to be deaf.
"So it made sense for me, for Sam [Aston] or for Jane [Hazlegrove], one of us to learn how to sign so that we can help him when he needs help.'
Dolly-Rose also discussed the incredible wedding dress that Gemma will walk