Cait Fitton has wanted to be in 'Coronation Street' since she was five years old.
Cait Fitton always wanted to be on Coronation Street
The 21-year-old actress landed the role of troubled Lauren Bolton - the daughter of extremist thug Reece Bolton - last year and she admitted it is a dream come true for her to be walking on the cobbles after so many years being obsessed with the ITV soap.
She recalled to The Sun on Sunday newspaper: “The teacher asked us, ‘What do you want to be when you’re older?’
“Children were saying ‘a fireman’ or ‘a nurse’, and I said, ‘I want to be in Coronation Street’.
“I remember all the teachers were amused, they couldn’t believe it.
“I watched it religiously.
“I loved Gail and Becky and Kylie and I’d think, ‘This is my dream’.
“I spent so long dreaming about it and wanted it so badly.
“Sometimes I’d despair and think it was never going to happen, but it just shows that if you fight and you work hard for your dreams, you can achieve.”
Cait - who went on the 'Coronation Street' set tour three times and was "obsessed" with the section of Madame Tussauds in Blackpool dedicated to the soap - was an extra twice on the show as a child, and in 2020, tried out for the role of Summer Spellman when Matilda Freeman left, but Harriet Bibby ultimately beat her to the recast past.
And the actress is pleased she has been cast as Lauren, rather than playing Summer.
She said: “When the call came through it was a whirlwind of emotion. I was crying, laughing and screaming.
“As an actor you get a gut feeling about what is you and what isn’t. I wasn’t Summer.
“Then when Lauren came through I remember thinking, ‘This is somebody I could certainly play’.
“Her vulnerability was something I wanted to explore. Lauren is feisty, whereas Summer is very innocent.”
And after securing a role on her favourite show, Cait is in no rush to leave Weatherfield.
She said: “I’ll stay at Corrie for as long as they’ll have me.
“I’m so happy. I’ve achieved something I never thought I would at 21.
“It’s mad, I can’t believe it.”