Vicky Binns: 'Molly is naïve over affair'

Coronation Street star Vicky Binns has claimed that her character Molly Dobbs is "naïve" over the realities of a long-term marriage.

On Christmas Day, fans of the ITV1 soap will see Molly and her lover Kevin resolving to tell their partners Sally (Sally Whittaker) and Tyrone (Alan Halsall) that they want to be together.

The latest development in the pair's affair storyline comes after Molly threatens to dump Kevin, played by Michael Le Vell, unless he ends the secrecy surrounding their relationship.

Discussing her alter ego's apparent disregard for Kevin and Sally's marriage, Binns told DS: "She's not aware of what it is to be married and be with someone for that time. She's naïve to think she could even come close to that with Kevin.

"What she's done is wrong and I think that's interesting within that character, because people do do things that aren't right and people do things they shouldn't do and react selfishly to things because they want to survive and they want the best for them. People aren't all good or bad, they do wrong things. That's what's interesting about playing her as well, it's not just playing someone who's completely moral."

Binns also suggested that Molly was unaware of how far the relationship would go when the love cheats first succumbed to their passion.

She said: "[Molly thought] they would just embark on these little dalliances which were fun for both of them and then just get on with their lives separately. I think Molly was genuinely naïve to that because she's young and inexperienced, Kevin knows better and knows the magnitude of affairs because he's had them before so I think he was a little bit wiser."

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