Sue Cleaver, best known as Eileen Grimshaw on Coronation Street, may be the epitome of confidence while playing the no-nonsense character on the famous cobbles, but it seems the actress has had her own struggles to contend with when stepping off the set.
In a candid interview, Sue opened up about her past anxieties regarding fan interactions, sharing her internal battle: "For quite a few years, if somebody came up to me in the street, the inside of my stomach muscles would tense up and I'd be thinking: 'Oh God, don't come over.
Don't come over. Don't come over,'" she admitted. Despite her tough exterior, Sue battled with deep-seated fears: "It absolutely terrified me when people did.
I'd be thinking: 'I've got nothing to offer you. I don't know what to say. I don't know what to do.' It was fear, pure and simple.
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