Coronation Street‘s producer Kate Brooks has spoken about
Cassie Plummer’s future in the show after her recent manipulation of Ken Barlow.
Cassie recently turned nasty by secretly poisoning Ken so that
he’d feel unwell and become reliant on her, allowing her to keep her job as his unofficial carer.
The scheme paid off for Cassie when Ken abandoned plans to let her go. Just days after breaking the bad news that she was sacked, he did a U-turn by inviting Cassie back with a pay rise.
Speaking to and other media at a recent press event, Brooks commented: “That will continue. Cassie is great to have with the Barlows. She causes such fun, and I love her relationship with Ken, which is just wonderful.
“There will be a lot more of that. The friendship is genuine and real, but Cassie has had a bad life. She’s had a terrible upbringing. She’s made mistakes in the past and it’s sometimes hard to shake off that persona.
“That’s what we’ll see with Cassie. She’ll be struggling with the good angel and the bad angel on her shoulder, and which way is she going to go?
“She does stir up a lot of trouble and a lot of bother, not just with the Barlows but within No.9 [Tyrone and Fiz’s house] as well. So, Cassie and Ken, keep your eyes on them because it’s going to get good!”
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Claire Sweeney, who plays Cassie, previously expressed fears of a fan backlash over her character targeting Ken.
She admitted: “I was shocked. It’s Ken Barlow; he’s a national treasure. I’m going to be Public Enemy No 1! I think viewers are going to hate her. The funny thing is that they’ve just started to like her – they were finally warming to her – and then this happens.
“In my head, playing her, I’m trying to find saving graces, but I don’t know if there will be any. I’m a Corrie fan and I’d be fuming watching this.
“Already in the summer when I went on holiday to Majorca all the old dears were saying to me: ‘You leave Ken alone,’ ‘Don’t you be upsetting Ken now’. And that was before I’d done anything!”
