Coronation Street star Jodie Prenger has addressed that her character Glenda Shuttleworth is in for romance on the cobbles next year but that a huge twist is in store
Corrie star Jodie Prenger has revealed that her character Glenda Shuttleworth is in for romance on the cobbles
Coronation Street star Jodie Prenger has revealed that her character Glenda Shuttleworth is in for romance on the cobbles – but there’s a twist.
The actress, 49, has played the Rovers barmaid on the long-running ITV soap since 2022 and on Monday night, a special episode involving Debbie Webster and her girlfriends ended with Glenda on the phone to a mystery man after talking about how she had been so unlucky in love.
The episode was full of tension as Christina Boyd (Amy Robbins) came to terms with the fact her daughter Rachel, whom she gave up for adoption more than 30 years ago, had been murdered.
Since then, Christina’s long-lost granddaughter Lucy has been placed in the care of Sally and Tim Metcalfe and Sally has forbidden Christina to see her. In the episode, Glenda made it quite clear that she was siding with Sally, and Christina argued with her that she would never understand because she doesn’t have any children.
Jodie, whose character was introduced as the sister of George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley), has teased that whilst there will be love on the cards for her alter-ego, a lot of it will fill in her backstory and it will explain a lot.
Speaking about the new storyline Jodie told The Mirror: “It’s good. Do you know, it’s funny, it’s one of the things, if you’re out, a lot of people do say, and it really warms your heart, going, “When are you going to get a fella?” And I go, “I don’t know!” But yeah, this—it is on the horizon, so looking forward to that.
“I think a lot of it explains why Glenda is how she is. I think that’s great. I think it’s—you come and you bed a character in, and then you really get to find out the nitty-gritty of why they are how they are, because we’re not just all put here, are we?
“We’re made here, and we’re made by the situations in life. And I think it’s going to be really cool telling Glenda’s backstory.”
Viewers won’t get to see exactly what happens until early next year, but in terms of the festive period, Jodie, who has also had a huge career in musical theatre, said that ex-cruise ship singer Glenda will be keeping the Weatherfield residents entertained with her singing and that there is more coming up on-screen for her local drama group.
She added: “I think it’ll all kick off after [Christmas]. But there is a bit—there is a bit of singing! There is a bit of singing around the festive period, let’s put it that way.
“There’s some stuff with Little Big Shots as well. I forget! I forget when I film so much, but there’s quite a lot coming up for Glenda.”
Coronation Street airs weeknights at 8:30pm on ITV1 and ITV X.
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