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Corrie's Whittaker talks about cast changes
Monday 25 May 2009
The actress has starred in the soap for 23 years and has admitted that it's sad when cast members, she has befriended, leave the cobbles.
According to the Press Association, Whittaker said: "It is really hard because you start to get a relationship with people and some people you get really close to."
She continued: "And obviously a lot people who've worked on Corrie live in London and then they're off doing things and you just don't get to see them.
"I've got a few people that I keep in touch with, but it is really hard because everyone's so busy."
The 45-year-old actress also said she found the famous cobbled street a very nostalgic place.
She said: "There's been so many characters in 'Coronation Street' over the years and credible people.
"There's pictures all over the building of various scenes and you walk past and go 'Oh yeah I remember that day, it was really good. I miss him, he was such a nice man'.
"But you walk down the cobbles and it just brings it all back again."
She added: "It's a wonderful place to work and everyone is so nice, which sounds like a bit of a cliché but it's true. It's got a really special feel about it Corrie, I do love it."
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