SHE spent five years on Coronation Street playing wild child Bethany Platt. And actress Lucy Fallon’s performances as the schoolgirl turned rebel teen were so convincing that she still gets told she is too young to buy alcohol — despite being 24.
Now Lucy has quit the Corrie cobbles in search of new challenges. And in her first interview since leaving Weatherfield two months ago, she admits her plans have been floored by the coronavirus pandemic that has shut down the TV industry.
Lucy told The Sun: “It was really difficult to make the decision to leave, but I’d been there for five years and it was all I’d ever known. “I’d never done theatre or anything away from Corrie and after the grooming storyline where I won quite a few awards, which.