Coronation Street's Sue Cleaver wants more relaxed pub scenes when soap returns
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30 April 2020 - 2:00 PM

Coronation Street's Sue Cleaver wants more relaxed pub scenes when soap returns

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Sue Cleaver would like to see more \'Coronation Street\' characters putting the world to rights in the Rovers Return.

The 58-year-old actress - who has played Eileen Grimshaw on the cobbles since 2000 - has pondered how the ITV soap could change when filming resumes after production was halted last month due to the coronavirus pandemic.

She told Inside Soap magazine: "I absolutely love those scenes. That\'s one thing that\'s changed, there\'s not so many of those any more and I love them.

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"I think seeing characters in situ, just talking about nonsense or having a moan is great. They are the classic \'Corrie\' scenes.

"I wonder whether, with this production gap and what\'s happening, there will be more of that..."

With work currently on pause - and \'Corrie\' airing on a reduced schedule - Sue revealed she and her cast mates have turned to FaceTime to keep in touch.

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She and her husband have been part of the group with Daniel Brocklebank (Billy Mayhew), \'Coronation Street\' floor manager Woody Wade, Julia Goudling (Shona Ramsey) and her husband.

Sue added: "When lockdown started, we just FaceTimed each other in our little group, which is Dan Brocklebank, Woody Wade, Julia Goulding and her husband Ben and me and my husband.

"After a while, we called it \'Dan\'s Bar\' and gave it a theme each time.

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"Dan and Woody are isolating alone, so we just sit down and have dinner together, or a pub quiz and catch-up.

"We\'ve also started to welcome surprise guests like Sally-Anne Matthews (Jenny). A theme coming up is \'Dan\'s Bar: Eileen,\' so everyone has to dress up as Eileen."

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