Lucy Fallon: Coronation Street's Bethany Platt inundated with messages in sad exit update
LUCY FALLON - best known for playing Bethany Platt in Coronation Street - filmed some of her last scenes for the ITV soap opera yesterday and took to social media shortly after to give an update following the emotional day.
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Coronation Street star Lucy Fallon, 24, is filming her final scenes, with only two more days of filming the soap opera left.
The English actress, who has played the role of Bethany Platt for five years since joining the cast in 2015, had an emotional day on set filming her exit scenes.
Over the years, the soap star has earned several accolades her portrayal of Sarah Platt’s daughter.
She is walking away with two British Soap Awards, an Inside Soap Award and a National Television Award.
In May last year, Lucy announced she had made the “extremely difficult” decision to leave the show when her contract expired at the start of 2020.
Yesterday she filmed her final scenes which will air on television in a few months time.
Following an emotional day on set, the actress took to social media last night to share a picture of her, in character as Bethany, with her on-screen family.
Alongside the picture told her 480,000 Instagram followers: “Only 2 more filming days left... a lil space in my [heart] for this lot 4ever x.”(sic)
Instagram users and fans of the soap, as well as several members of the cast, took to the comments section of the post to share their thoughts.
Tina O’Brien, 36, who plays Lucy’s on-screen mum Sarah Platt, admitted she was going to miss her co-star.
Pretending it wasn’t happening, she said: “Don’t, la la la it’s not happening!!!!! Ahhhh you’ll fly, god I’m gonna miss you so much.”
Corrie actress Julia Goulding, 34, best known for playing Shona Ramsey on the ITV soap opera, said she was excited to see what was in store for Lucy.
She added: “This makes me so sad. But so excited to see where you go.... I predict far my love, bloody far! Love you Luce!”
Another Corruption Street cast member took to the comments section of the post to drew attention to the fact that she wasn’t in the picture.
Sally Ann Matthews, 49, who portrays Jenny Bradley cheekily, wrote: Yeah, don’t see me in there...... x.”
Causing Lucy to quickly reply: “@colsonjsmith @sallyannmatthews guys, you know that the rest of my heart is taken up by u 2 munchkins.”
Coronation Street's Colson Smith - also known as Craig Tinker - joked: “Awkward.”
Lucy shared the news of Twitter, telling her 135,000 followers: “Filmed my last on screen @itvcorrie scene today [crying emoji] only 2 more filming days left.