The fabulous Lisa Stansfield revealed this weekend that she was offered the part of Stella Price on Corrie.
In an interview in the Sunday Mirror, Lisa goes on to say that because of the length of the contract she was unable to accept - what a shame! With that broad Rochdale accent and huge fan base, Lisa and Corrie would have gone perfectly together.
The Mirror says that Lisa was also concerned at how Corrie fans would react, saying: “You get into a role and people see you as that character, so they’d be confused because they know me as Lisa Stansfield. It would freak them out if I was pulling pints at the Rovers.”
Michelle Collins subsequently took the part. It has been said on this Blog before that the character hasn't been a great success - partly I think because of the fondness we have for the Rovers, and Stella was of course an unknown taking over the pub, and partly because of her dreadful accent, which is getting slightly better now, but its a shame they couldn't have stuck with Lisa and got The Real Thing.
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