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Corrie star says she wouldn’t accept iconic role of Hayley if offered it today

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Julie Hesmondhlagh is perhaps best known for playing the iconic Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street but the actress has revealed she would turn down the role if it were offered to her today.

Making her debut on the soap in 1998, Julie’s role was a groundbreaking one as she played the first transgender character in a British serial; a role that has earned her many awards and much critical acclaim along the way.

Speaking to the Guardian, the Lancashire native says she wouldn’t go near the role today, explaining that there are way too many talented transgender actors who would do the part justice. ‘I left Corrie because it was time for me to go personally, but it was also time for Hayley — a trans woman played by a cis woman – to go, too,’ she

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