Helen Worth could hit five decades on 'Coronation Street'.
Helen Worth
The 68-year-old actress will mark 45 years as Gail Rodwell this summer, and the Weatherfield legend insisted she has no plans to call time on her cobbles career just yet.
She's quoted by the Daily Star newspaper as saying: "In July I will have been on The Street 45 years.
"We are moving along. Am I staying for 50 years? I have no idea. We will see, but I am hanging on in there."
The soap star also took the opportunity to dismiss speculation the ITV show is in crisis after the likes of Tristan Gemmill (Robert Preston), Kym Marsh (Michelle Connor) and Faye Brookes (Kate Connor) announced they are to leave.
However, Helen insisted: "Rumours of a crisis are absolute nonsense. This happens all the time, it's the natural way of 'Coronation Street'. I've seen a few come and go."
The 'Corrie' mainstay added that she doesn't have any hard feelings for younger stars leaving the cobbles to try new things.
Lucy Fallon will be leaving her role as Bethany Platt in 2020, and while Helen would "love" to see her co-star return one day, she hopes she doesn't "need to".
She explained: "I'd love her to come back but in actual fact I would rather she was working so much she didn't need to come back."
Helen's comments come after fellow soap star Sally Dynevor (Sally Metcalfe) also shrugged off claims of a crisis and made it clear she wants to stay after 33 years on the show.
She recently said: "I am so happy. Everyone says about all of this, but it's so not true. Everyone is really happy. I don't know where this story has come from. I am nailing my feet to the floor, I'm staying, if that's OK?"
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