Coronation Street 'imposter' Claire Sweeney shares how being in bed helped her get Cassie role and reveals link to iconic Brookeside job

Claire Sweeney has shared how she felt like an ‘imposter’ on her first day on the cobbles as she prepares to make her on-screen debut in Coronation Street. The former soap star and West End actress has joined the cast as Cassie Plummer - Tyrone Dobbs’ mum.

It was revealed back in April that Claire would be taking up the role as the much-loved mechanic’s real mum after he previously believed that his mum was Jackie Dobbs, played by Margi Clarke, before investigations into his own family history discovered his maternal grandmother, Evelyn.

But she told him that her daughter, his biological mother, was dead and has since formed her own bond with her grandson and his family - made up of wife Fiz and children Hope and Ruby.

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Next week, Cassie will be introduced to Corrie viewers for the first time as Claire reveals that she comes looking for her mum for help as, as an addict, she wants to get clean and be a part of her family’s life. And fans will also learn the Evelyn has secretly been helping her daughter during her trips away from Weatherfield.

“I love Cassie and I hope the audience loves her as well, as much as I do,” Claire told the Manchester Evening News and other press. “She’s troubled, she’s feisty, she’s going to cause some trouble on the cobbles.

“She’s a loose cannon but she’s vulnerable as well… She’s an addict and that’s what makes her so unpredictable. She really does have great intentions to get better and be with the family but she’s an addict and it’s quite sad really.”

Talking about how she got the role for the first time, former Brookside star Claire, who is famed for having played Lindsey Corkill in the scouse soap, shared how an