Coronation Street's Julie Hesmondhalgh has said she would not take the part of Hayley Cropper today, and hopes she would not be offered it.
The actress played the first trans character in a British soap when she arrived on the Coronation Street cobbles in 1998. She transformed trans visibility in the UK, but the character was controversial because she was played by a cis woman.
She told The Guardian: “There was a really great trans rights group, Press for Change, who were really, really p*ssed off – and I totally understood why. “I met them and I assured them that I was their ally, that I would play the part with as much sensitivity and empathy as I could, that I would listen to them.
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