A Coronation Street wedding is always going to be something special but actress Samia Longchambon has admitted that Maria’s nuptials to Gary Windass (Mikey North) will have an even more different feel given that they filmed the ceremony in lockdown.
This means a much more modest guest list for the couple – but that doesn’t mean it will be free of drama!
Samia told Metro.co.uk: ‘This is Maria’s second wedding. That was a huge wedding in 2008. This wedding is a lot more subdued, in the Bistro, with not many people there. But she has a lovely dress, which I had an input into. I didn’t want anything too big and flashy as it is an intimate ceremony.
‘It’s white, simple, and summery, Boho-chic, completely different to her first dress. It was comfy to wear. I spoke to our costume designer and said it shouldn’t be too extravagant. Then Alex narrowed choices down and I got fitted just before lockdown.
‘It’s been really different. I’ve never had to do my own Maria make-up. It’s a strange feeling sitting on your own when usually we are in make up and it’s bustling with music and people catching up. I’ve played music through my phone to keep me company. As for filming, I have got used to it.
She added: ‘I was looking forward to coming back because it’s the longest many of us have had off – it’s the longest I’ve had in 20 years – and it’s nice to come back to a storyine to do. I was interested to see how it has changed with socially distancing.
‘It’s unique filming a wedding under social distancing and not something I thought I’d be doing. Hopefully it’s filmed cleverly and looks like we aren’t social distanced. That was tricky making us look closer together. Putting the ring on is a clever camera angle. You see me with the ring, then they just did a cut away to someone else, and back to him putting it on.’
And Samia has some ideas on how Maria would react if she discovered the truth about Gary’s crimes…
She teased: ‘She’d be furious and devatsted to find out she’s about to be married to a murderer, especially after her first husband, Liam, was murdered and she got engaged to his murderer! She’s not got a great track record. I hope she’d run a mile, but you never know with Maria.
‘She’d feel really betrayed by Sarah. They have this big secret together and would be devastated.’
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