Elle Mulvaney reveals the touching gift the Coronation Street cast gifted the Queen

27.01.2022 - 15:32 / ok.co.uk

We know and love (or sometimes love to hate!) their characters on screen, but now it’s time to discover all the behind-the-scenes secrets from our favourite soap stars. In our exclusive interview, Soap Stars Coming Clean, OK! 's finding out all the juicy gossip about what happens when the cameras stop rolling, as well as the actors’ favourite memories with their co-stars so far. We recently caught up with Coronation Street actress, Elle Mulvaney, who plays Amy Barlow, to talk about how the younger cast are all best friends, fond memories of working with late soap legend Anne Kirkbride, and what she said to the Queen when HRH was a guest of honour on the Street.

Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter. You can sign up at the top of the page. What’s your favourite memory on Coronation Street so far? It was probably my first day, sitting on Anne Kirkbride’s [the late actress who played Deirdre Barlow] knee.

It’s such a wholesome memory. I was seven but I remember it so well. Did you realise how much of an icon Anne was at the time? You only realise when you look back and reflect.

At the time I was so young so you don’t understand the magnitude of anything. It’s only now when you think, “Wow! I was so young meeting these people.” It’s insane, really. Did she and the rest of your onscreen family really take you under their wing? Everybody was undeniably lovely and welcoming.

Everyone in the cast always talks about us being a big family here, and that’s honestly what it felt like. Everybody took me under their wing and was really helpful. Does your onscreen mum Kate Ford act like your mum behind the scenes too? Oh, definitely.