Yahoo News Coronation Street's Jane Hazlegrove reveals sweet message from Barbara Knox
Coronation Street's Jane Hazlegrove has revealed the sweet message she received from Barbara Knox after her first stint on the soap.
Hazlegrove, who has starred on the soap as Bernie Winter since 2019, previously appeared on the cobbles as another character back in the 1980s when she played a teenager named Sue Clayton.
She spent a year on the soap before her character left and, according to Hazlegrove, Corrie legend Barbara Knox (aka newsagent Rita Tanner) accurately predicted that she would one day return to the ITV soap.
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"When I left the show, they gave me a massive card which everybody had signed – including all the legends," Hazlegrove told Metro. "Barbara Knox had written: 'Good luck Jane. Remember, rovers always return.'"
Speaking of returning to the soap and meeting Knox again, Hazlegrove said: "I was nervous about seeing her again in case she went: 'Right, has this one improved since she was 16?!'"
"She had a massive impact on me when I was a child and when I came back, I thought: 'Oh my gosh, I don't think she's going to remember me.' And she made out she did, she was very gracious," she added.
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"I was full of trepidation," Hazlegrove admitted. "There were no nerves whatsoever when I was 16. I knew it was a big job but I was incredibly confident. Turning up at 51 was a completely different ball game.
"When you're a teenager, there's the arrogance of youth, you don't doubt yourself. But coming in as Bernie I was frightened."
"I was worried that nerves would completely take over and I'd be an idiot and then I'd be through the revolving door and asked to leave as soon as I'd done my first day," she added.
"I thought I'd forget my lines. I was worried about letting myself down and letting the show down."
Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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