Lucy Fallon: 'Deciding to leave Coronation Street was difficult'

Lucy Fallon found it difficult to leave \'Coronation Street\'.

The 24-year-old actress quit her role as Bethany Platt in the ITV soap last year after five years and a lot of soul-searching but admitted that the Covid-19 pandemic has now affected her post \'Corrie\' plans.

She told The Sun newspaper\'s Bizarre column: "It was really difficult to make the decision to leave, but I\'d been there for five years and it was all I\'d ever known.

"I\'d never done theatre or anything away from \'Corrie\' and after the grooming storyline where I won quite a few awards, which was amazing, I realised if I didn\'t leave and try other things I might end up wondering, \'What if?\'.

"But obviously Covid-19 has thrown it all up in the air now. As I left, work was starting to pick up and take off and now everything has stopped."

However, Lucy insisted she would love to return to \'Coronation Street\' after first trying out some new things.

She said: "I\'m very conscious of the fact that I don\'t want it to sound like I see going back to Corrie as a back-up - that\'s absolutely not how it is.

"I absolutely love that show and I would do it a thousand times over and I obviously would 100 per cent go back there in future if they will have me.

"It\'s just about me spreading my wings in a way. And trying to live with no regrets."

Bethany was last seen on screens in March when she left Weatherfield to start a new life in London.