Coronation Street actress Sair Khan, who plays Alya Nazir on the popular soap, said the drama is far from over on the cobbles following Aidan's tragic death and admits her character is at breaking point.
The fallout from Aidan Connor’s (played by Shayne Ward) suicide is set to leave Alya Nazir (Sair Khan) and his sister Carla (Alison King) in a tricky situation, after it was revealed that the factory boss left the entire Underworld business to Alya.
Speaking about how her character is coping, Khan said: "Alya has had such a difficult year losing Luke and Aidan’s death could be another trigger that sends her back to that dark place but to keep Aidan’s memory alive, Alya and Carla have to push on and keep the factory running which is what Alya, at this stage, is trying to do.
"Alya is trying to keep the vision alive that she and Aidan have created in Carla’s absence so she has a very strong, unique idea about where this factory is heading but Carla keeps undermining her which is really unfair. There is a lot of friction there because Alya doesn’t believe in what Carla is doing and she doesn’t think it’s what Aidan would have wanted."
When asked if Alya and Carla will be able to sort through their differences, Khan said: "Carla and Alya both are, they are both grieving. Alya has been at the brink of breaking point so many times and she is trying to keep it together but they have pulled each other a little bit too far this time.
"I absolutely, one hundred percent think that Alya can run the factory without Carla but she needs help and support around her, people that believe in her like her family and the factory workers because they are the cogs in the machine that keep everything running."
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