Sarah attended the M&M character election in London, she spoke to Now magazine about her upcoming role on Corrie.
‘It was in the pipeline for a while because they all know I’m a big fan,’ she revealed. ‘I did some charity work with Good Morning Britain last year and I got chatting to one of the producers. They knew I was a fan because I was just going mental like, “Wow! Audrey! Aaargh!” They said, “You act don’t you?” And I said “Yes”.’
And it really was as simple as that.
Sarah admitted that she didn’t even have to audition for the role – ‘I was quite lucky’ – and the producers instead checked out her acting skills on YouTube.
When asked about fellow popstar Shayne Ward’s rumoured role in the soap – he has auditioned and even admitted he’d ‘be completely up for’ an on-screen romance with Sarah.
‘I know, I heard! Bless him. It wouldn’t be awkward because Shayne and I auditioned together right back at the beginning when we did Pop Stars. I was really good friends with his elder sister. He’s like a little brother to me, so I’d probably be really comfortable. But [kissing him] would be a bit weird, yeah.’
Sarah also revealed that she’s ‘looking forward to stirring things up a bit, it will be fun’ and that ‘it’ll be nice to try my hand at acting again, I’ve missed it.’
‘Cheryl congratulated me,’ said Sarah, speaking about the day the news broke. ‘My phone didn’t stop that day, all of them were texting me.’
And could the role be long term? ‘You never know, you never know,’ Sarah said.
So fingers crossed Sarah’s role on Corrie turns into a long term role, it would be absolutely amazing.
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