CORONATION Street's Jane Danson thought she was getting axed amid Oliver's tragic illness storyline. The actress believed her onscreen son's battle with mitochondrial disease was a "leaving story" for her character, Leanne Battersby.
However, show boss Iain MacLeod told Jane that, if anything, the devastating storyline spells a "new chapter" for Leanne. Jane told Metro.co.uk: ‘That was my initial concern – it felt like the end for Leanne, a leaving story. "I know how soap works so spoke to (show boss) Iain and understood my character might become a casualty but I asked if he could tell me now if this was it.
But he said it’s quite the contrary – the beginning of a new chapter for her." Jane went on: "It’s quite possibly the worst thing that.
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