PAULA LANE: KYLIE TURNER IS SO BAD, BUT I LOVE HER
Jennifer Dunkerley
The Daily Star
8th April 2011[/align]
SHE’S lied, cheated, blackmailed and stolen. So what will Corrie wild child Kylie Turner do next? Tonight’s explosive episode of Coronation Street sees the conniving cage-dancer wed fellow wrongdoer David Platt after a whirlwind holiday romance, leaving both families fuming. So when we met up with actress Paula Lane in Manchester, she couldn’t wait to spill the beans on her character’s must-see big day.
Getting ready in her sumptuous hotel room in a look inspired by Madonna’s Like A Virgin video, Paula laughs: “This is right up Kylie’s street. She’d love this.” Paula admits she loves being wrapped up in the crazy world of Kylie. And along with actor Jack P Shepherd, 23, who plays mummy’s boy David, she is perfect in the latest storyline. The 25-year-old star explains: “Kylie is volatile and you never know what she’ll do next. It’s difficult because you can’t imagine how she will react to things. But boy, is it fun to play!”
We’ve already seen David’s over-protective mum Gail give Kylie £100 for a wedding dress and the bride-to-be blow the lot on a boozy night out. Paula says: “Like David, she flies by the seat of her pants. Gail’s made it clear she doesn’t think Kylie is good enough for her son. But she’s a chancer and wants to have fun. Kylie and David are so full of lust. She ends up picking a saucy red and black Moulin Rouge-style tutu just to wind Gail up. She’s got the bottle for anything.”
Paula, who grew up in the small West Yorkshire town of Hebden Bridge, is happily settled with her boyfriend of seven years, actor Tom Shaw, 24, and admits her wedding would be nothing like Kylie’s. “No, definitely not!” she laughs. But despite her character’s conniving ways, viewers have a big soft spot for the troubled sister of barmaid Becky MacDonald (Katherine Kelly, 31). Paula explains: “She’s vulnerable because of her tough upbringing and people want her to do well.”
We’ve seen Kylie sell her three-year-old son Max to Becky, only to blackmail her for more cash. “She wasn’t ready to be a mum and is money obsessed because she never had any growing up,” says Paula. “She is a wild child but she’s also a businesswoman. She wants the best things in life and is angry that others have had it given to them on a plate.” One of the reasons Kylie is so obsessed with David is that he is set to take over Audrey’s hair salon. “She’s very money-orientated and will do anything if the price is right. She thinks that by marrying salon owner David Platt, it will be ker-ching for her!”
Paula takes like a duck to water with our trashy Like A Virgin themed shoot. Laughing as she plays around in her lacy outfit, the slinky size eight star tells us: “Who doesn’t love Madonna? Madonna is so sexy and a total icon.” But Paula admits Kylie’s bad-girl personality is very different to hers. “I’m much more sensitive and emotional. I’d cry at anything. She’s a lot tougher than me.”
So surely we shouldn’t expect the big day to go without a hitch. The omens aren’t good. Gail is trying to put a stop to the wedding by joining forces with son Nick to pay Kylie £1,000 to disappear. “I hope she doesn’t break David’s heart,” Paula teases. “But the writers can come up with anything they want.”
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