Development Stella Price

1 development

1.1 characterisation
1.2 leanne battersby
1.3 departure

development
characterisation

stella described confident sort of woman strong, feisty , funny. stella landlady of sundial public house in rochdale, before becoming bar manager of rovers return inn. collins said stella not glamorous previous landlady, liz mcdonald (beverly callard). stella not have money , quite down-to-earth . itv said perfect front of house landlady . collins explained media entertainment website digital spy stella not big, bouncy barmaid more subtle. feminine, strong , forthright woman in late 40s . stella not dress inappropriately, wants sexy-looking . during interview sun, collins opined stella typical coronation street character working woman takes care of herself , stands ground . collins south of england, because coronation street set in manchester, uses northern accent role. collins said using own accent have been cop-out . collins works dialect coach on-set her. admitted working hard right accent, said tough. in february 2012, collins said viewers more positive towards accent. said funny people come , accent has improved when has not changed anything. collins added knew going hard used seeing cindy beale in rovers viewers have accepted bit more said great.

leanne battersby

when character announced, revealed hiding dark secret , news of past have shocking consequences established characters. in may 2011, daily mirror reported secret stella hiding is leanne battersby s (jane danson) biological mother. coronation street source told newspaper: genius bosses. , makes massive future michelle in show. there has been lot of cloak , dagger involved in arrival of stella. however, storyline not confirmed show. in interview soaplife magazine, collins revealed stella have 1 big skeleton in closet . said let s there s reason s come coronation street. s fantastic storyline , m very, excited it. storyline confirmed in june 2011. collins told soaplife magazine stella has moved weatherfield has decided time make herself known leanne. stella in relationship les battersby (bruce jones) , gave birth leanne when seventeen. les started drinking , left alone leanne , struggled cope. stella left every intention of coming leanne once settled. when did, les not let near leanne , collins said stella didn t stand chance .

leanne discovers stella s true identity celebrates 30th birthday. speaking inside soap magazine storyline, danson explained: leanne has never given birth mother second thought because s not been in life. dad les , stepmum janice [battersby] (vicky entwistle) long time, janice took on mother role. having said that, leanne s known janice first name, hasn t called mummy . discussing having collins on-screen mother, danson said looking forward meaty scenes between stella , leanne. danson added people have said , collins have similar face shapes , same mannerisms. thought interesting see if viewers pick on resemblance between herself , collins.

departure

collins announced departure on 22 august 2013 , filmed final scenes on 19 february 2014. series producer stuart blackburn confirmed stella s exit low-key, following series of big exits ones , future ones. explained s exit s trying right thing leanne. there s space , time exit might leanne. there s sense of stella looking @ gloria , lust life. s looking @ eva s jason. thinks, m not dead yet - m 50 , there s whole world out there! blackburn hoped stella s departure moving , said door had been left open collins return in future. after deciding move new york city, stella departed on 2 april 2014.