Coronation Street actor Tony Maudsley has shared a first look at co-star Sue Cleaver’s final day on set.
Eileen Grimshaw actor Sue is leaving the soap after 25 years, stating that she wants to try something new now she’s turned 60.
Her exit scenes will air soon, but for now, Tony has given fans a sneak peek over on his Instagram.
“Farewell Eyelash!” he wrote, alongside a photo of Eileen’s house, with flowers on the sofa. Sue is giving a thumbs up, while Tony and her on-screen sons Gareth Pierce (Todd) and Ryan Thomas (Jason) clap.
Ryan recently confirmed that Sue had called him up to make a brief return as Jason for her exit storyline, and he couldn’t say no.
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“I’m going to step onto the cobbles for five minutes,” he said, adding: “I’m excited. My kids weren’t alive when I was on Corrie, so it’ll be nice for them to see this. Maybe I will get to take my kids on the cobbles!”
Ryan also stated that Corrie “taught me everything I know. I wouldn’t be where I am now if it wasn’t for the show. That place will always have my respect.”
The soap has been giving Eileen’s family a handful of storylines leading up to the character’s exit.
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Todd has been frustrated by his new romantic interest Theo Silverton, who has a wife and children and is treating Todd as a bit on the side.
Eileen’s sister Julie Carp recently returned and revealed that she has terminal cancer. This week’s scenes will see the donation money for her to have one final dream holiday go missing.
Bosses brought back her sister Julie Carp (Katy Cavanagh, pictured) for what’s set to be an emotional exit following Julie’s revelation that she has terminal cancer
While Ryan Thomas [pictured] has reprised his role as Eileen’s Jason Grimshaw for her departure.
While her impending exit has been known for while, Sue has now filmed her last ever scenes for the ITV soap – though she’ll still appear on viewers screens until June
Despite spending a quarter of a century playing Eileen, who was involved in some of the show’s most dramatic story lines, she said she was now ready to give the character up because her circumstances had changed.
She said: ‘I went into that show when my son was, well he’s 29 now, he was very young. It became my family!
‘My son is grown up now and I have no responsibilities left and I want to do something new.’
She added that she was now looking forward to focusing more on herself and told the panel: ‘I want this decade to be about me and I want to really empower women to you know – society expects us all to shuffle off, you’ve had your day, but this is my decade.
‘I’m more excited about my decade, as long as I remain well, this is going to be the most exciting decade for me.’
But she reassured Coronation Street fans that she would never be too far removed form the ITV show because she is married to a lighting operator.
She joked: ‘lt’s going to be hard but I’ve got a lot of friends there that I’ve got a lot of connections.
In January, Sue lifted the lid on her character’s exit from Coronation Street on an episode of Loose Women
The actress appeared on the panel show to discuss her time on the soap and to reveal what she has planned next (Sue Cleaver and John Thomson pictured)
She revealed that she had actually come to her decision two years ago and had even revealed her plan to her I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here camp mates in 2022
She added: ‘I’ve decided it’s time to leave, they’re keeping the door firmly open for me. It’s just the right time!’
‘My husband is the lighting guy so I don’t feel like I’m going far from it!’.
And her impressive 25-year stint on the show was much longer than the star had ever intended.
She revealed during her interview that she was only ever supposed to be a temporary character and thought she would only be on the Cobbles for a year but she was quickly secured as a regular.
She added she loved the show because it allowed her to be a mother and to take her children on the school run and be there to pick them up at the end of the day.
In her statement announcing her exit, Sue shared: ‘I’ve had 25 privileged years of working on Coronation Street.
‘The door is still firmly open but as I reached my 60th year, I decided it was time to embrace change, look for new adventures and live fearlessly.’
