Coronation Street boss confirms explosive exit for TV icon with major twists

Which Weatherfield resident has eaten their last hotpot? (Picture: ITV)

With a killer loose on Coronation Street and villains dropping like flies, anyone could go at any time. But which classic Weatherfield legend is about to bid ‘ta-ra’ to the street forever?

Murder week has exploded onto the Cobbles, and five of Corrie’s biggest baddies were in with a chance of finding themselves in need of Shuttleworth’s Independent Funeral Service. The rogues gallery cluded violent abuser Theo Silverton (James Cartwright), bunny-boiling baddie Jodie Ramsey (Olivia Frances-Brown), world’s worst son Carl Webster (Jonathan Howard), predatory child groomer  Megan Walsh (Beth Nixon) and killer landlady Maggie Driscoll.

The killer five. (Picture: ITV)

While nobody is shedding too many tears over one of these wrong’uns getting bumped off, actress Pauline McLynn, who plays Maggie Driscoll, recently teased that there may be a second death.

If that’s the case, there’s one Corrie stalwart that it’s really going to hurt us to say goodbye to.

Cassie Plummer, played by Brookside’s own, the legendary Claire Sweeney.

Cassie is set to depart the Cobbles this year. (Picture: ITV)

The character’s exit was announced earlier this year, after Claire was cast as cast as Miss Hannigan in the UK tour of musical Annie.

This is sure to have send massive shockwaves through the Street, especially for Cassie’s son Tyrone Dobbs’ (Alan Halsall), her mother Evelyn Plummer (Maureen Lipman), and of course, her boyfriend, Weatherfield legend Steve McDonald Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson).

Cassie’s undergone a real transformation since her arrival on Coronation Street, where she was determined to connect with her son and overcome her drug addiction.

With a little help from her family, Cassie cleaned up her act and turned her life around – well, aside from that little innocent when she very nearly killed Ken Barlow (William Roache) by lacing his drinks with drugs so she wouldn’t lose her job as his carer.

Recently, Cassie’s relationship with long-term boyfriend Steve McDonald was tested when she was gearing up to pop the question… only for the proposal to be put on ice thanks to the death of Steve’s father, Jim McDonald (Charles Lawson).

Steve and Cassie have had their fair share of ups and downs. (Picture: ITV)tH

This led to a worrying bit of foreshadowing on the day of Jim’s funeral, when Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) sarcastically wonderedCassie who would turn up to Cassie’s funeral, to which quipped that it would be ‘packed to the rafters’. Fans were left wondering if this line was a chilling portent of Cassie’s demise…

That could very well be on the cards. But let’s keep our fingers crossed that Cassie will walk off the Cobbles with her life intact! What we do know is that Cassie’s exit will have a lot to do with Tyrone…

If there’s one person on Corrie that means more to Cassie than Steve, it’s her boy.

It’s a relationship that didn’t get off to the best start – namely because Cassie abandoned Tyrone at a police station at birth due to her drug addiction, a fact that his grandmother Evelyn covered up for years.

Tyrone was stunned to be reunited with his mother. (Picture: ITV)

Nevertheless, Tyrone trusted Evelyn and embraced her into his home, despite warnings from Evelyn, his wife Fiz (Jennie McAlpine) and others.

Despite her relapses and manipulative behaviour, Cassie managed to stay in her son’s life and be the other he always wanted through ups and downs… like the time he discovered her mum’s relationship with Steve by walking in on them together. Oops!

Well, this was awkward… (Picture: ITV)

But the cat will be well and truly among the pigeons in upcoming episodes of Coronation Street, when a face from Cassie’s past tests her relationship with Tyrone and Steve.

After a recent chat with Coronation Street producer Kate Brooks, we can confirm that Cassie’s exit will involve Tyrone’s dad, who comes to Weatherfield in search of a better relationship with his boy.

‘As you know, Cassie’s leaving us, and so it will contribute to her exit, which is going to be massive and quite explosive.’ Kate teased. ‘It’ll be full of all the twists and turns that you can come to expect from an exit. He comes into the world of Fiz and Tyrone. Tyrone’s in the mindset of, ‘I’m in my 40s, I’ve survived this long without a dad. The dad is very keen to connect with Tyrone.’ 

‘It’s not long before the dad makes eyes at one of the residents, and maybe a bit of a relationship starts there. It’s very domesticated. It really shines a spotlight on Fiz and Tyrone as a couple and that dynamic as a family.’

Kate also revealed that the return of Daddy Dobbs will not go down well with Cassie.

‘Cassie is, needless to say, not happy that this guy has turned back up.’

Does Tyrone’s dad steal Cassie’s heart away from Steve? Or is something far more sinister about to happen?

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