While she isn't my least favourite Coronation Street character (that's St Ella in case you're wondering), I can't quite see the point of Maria.
There's no denying Samia Ghadie is a good actress but Maria, for this fan, is just a bit too wet, insipid and dopey to like or care about.
Anyway, that's just my feelings. What's yours?
Samia Ghadie, who plays Maria, is interviewed in the Sun today talking about her 12 years as Maria on Corrie and Maria's upcoming fling with Jason Grimshaw.
She said: “I’ve been on Corrie for 12 years now and Ryan and I are such good mates. We get on so well. So when Maria starts getting very friendly with Jason it feels weird kissing Ryan. It’s like kissing my brother. And, oh my goodness me, we just have to giggle about it. We have to make a joke. You don’t get nervous, you just laugh a lot as it does feel so strange.”
Anyway, cue my "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" song:
She curls a perm and washes hair
Her frocks are all cut low
She waltzs on her way to work
And wears jim-jams at the bar
And underneath the dryer’s
Reet with curlers in her hair
I’ve even heard her singing in the Kabin
How do you get an appointment with Maria?
She washes hair and perms it, pins it down
Where do you find a crimper like Maria?
A flibbertijibbet! A will-o'-the wisp! A clown!
Jason's got something that he’d like to show her
When Marcus finds out he might not understand
But how does her make-up stay
On Maria’s face all day?
When she’s working in the salon’s heat and grime?
Oh, how do you get an appointment with Maria?
How does she hold that hairspray in her hand?
Reet with curlers in her hair
I’ve even heard her singing in the Kabin
How do you get an appointment with Maria?
She washes hair and perms it, pins it down
Where do you find a crimper like Maria?
A flibbertijibbet! A will-o'-the wisp! A clown!
Jason's got something that he’d like to show her
When Marcus finds out he might not understand
But how does her make-up stay
On Maria’s face all day?
When she’s working in the salon’s heat and grime?
Oh, how do you get an appointment with Maria?
How does she hold that hairspray in her hand?
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