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'Coronation Street' Brooke Vincent backs Helen Flanagan over soap exit
Published Wednesday, Dec 14 2011, 17:28 GMT | By Daniel Kilkelly | 19 comments
Coronation Street star Brooke Vincent has said that she is backing her screen sister Helen Flanagan's decision to leave the soap.
Flanagan finishes filming her role as Rosie Webster this week after 12 years on the cobbles. Her final scenes will air in early 2012.
Vincent, who plays Rosie's younger sibling Sophie, has now told New magazine that she respects Flanagan's choice to move on.
"Helen's most happy when she's with her boyfriend," the 19-year-old explained. "She's much more relaxed and so much happier in herself. So if that's where she's happiest, that's where she needs to be.
"A lot of people forget that when you work on a soap, you kind of sign your life away. You're not allowed to change your hair, you can't go on holiday when you want.
"Helen's a bit of a control freak and likes to have her freedom, so I think it will help her. She said to me, 'When I leave, I've got nothing to do. And it's going to be great!'"
Vincent also admitted that she always knew her on-screen girlfriend Sacha Parkinson did not want to stay on the cobbles forever. Parkinson's character Sian will also depart screens within the next few weeks.
She confirmed: "[Sacha] said ages ago, 'I'm only going to stay two years'. Then two years went by and she was like, 'I think I'm going to leave next December'.
"It's kind of like school - everyone has to go their own separate ways eventually. When Sacha leaves, I know she'll be happy doing what she's doing, the same for Helen. It'd be a different story if they were being written out, but it's their own decision."
Read the full story in this week's New magazine - out now.
> Corrie's Sacha Parkinson: 'Exit scenes with Brooke Vincent were hard'
> Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan confirms soap exit
> Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan will move to Wales
> Coronation Street Helen Flanagan: 'I didn't like promiscuous Rosie'
> Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan: 'I want freedom after soap'
> Read more Coronation Street news and spoilers
Flanagan finishes filming her role as Rosie Webster this week after 12 years on the cobbles. Her final scenes will air in early 2012.
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Vincent, who plays Rosie's younger sibling Sophie, has now told New magazine that she respects Flanagan's choice to move on.
"Helen's most happy when she's with her boyfriend," the 19-year-old explained. "She's much more relaxed and so much happier in herself. So if that's where she's happiest, that's where she needs to be.
"A lot of people forget that when you work on a soap, you kind of sign your life away. You're not allowed to change your hair, you can't go on holiday when you want.
"Helen's a bit of a control freak and likes to have her freedom, so I think it will help her. She said to me, 'When I leave, I've got nothing to do. And it's going to be great!'"
Vincent also admitted that she always knew her on-screen girlfriend Sacha Parkinson did not want to stay on the cobbles forever. Parkinson's character Sian will also depart screens within the next few weeks.
She confirmed: "[Sacha] said ages ago, 'I'm only going to stay two years'. Then two years went by and she was like, 'I think I'm going to leave next December'.
"It's kind of like school - everyone has to go their own separate ways eventually. When Sacha leaves, I know she'll be happy doing what she's doing, the same for Helen. It'd be a different story if they were being written out, but it's their own decision."
Read the full story in this week's New magazine - out now.
> Corrie's Sacha Parkinson: 'Exit scenes with Brooke Vincent were hard'
> Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan confirms soap exit
> Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan will move to Wales
> Coronation Street Helen Flanagan: 'I didn't like promiscuous Rosie'
> Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan: 'I want freedom after soap'
> Read more Coronation Street news and spoilers
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