Kat Kelly: 'Corrie confused Romanians'

Katherine Kelly has revealed that the Romanian film crew hired for Coronation Street's new DVD special were shocked by the show's characters.

The actress flew out to the Eastern European country to film a comedy spinoff featuring her troubled alter ego Becky McDonald and Weatherfield favourites Roy (David Nielson) and Hayley Cropper (Julie Hesmondhalgh).

Kelly has now told PA that the crew were surprised to see Becky "doing what she does best - drinking and making lots of friends".

She continued: "We had to explain to them a few times what Coronation Street was. I think they were a bit disturbed by Julie's wig. And a bit disturbed that I was supposed to be this blonde bimbo waltzing around in my bikini doing what Becky does.

"They said, 'You are supposed to be a bit of blue for the dads', and I said, 'I know, but Becky just gets wasted as well'."

The special episode, which will be released in time for Christmas, sees Roy and Hayley visiting Romania for a wedding. While there, they are surprised to stumble across Becky.

Kelly added: "I think Roy and Hayley as characters are really special. [It's good to] see a bit more of them and what they get up to in their own time and out of their comfort zone."

The new DVD follows the success of last year's Out of Africa release, which starred Cilla Battersby-Brown (Wendi Peters) and her family.