dario coates played michelle's son alex in coronation street.
dario coates played michelle's son alex in coronation street.
who plays michelle's son alex in coronation street?
dario coates
ryan is stalked by a mysterious stranger who knows him by name. when tracked down, the man, nick neeson (robert horwell), explains that he believes ryan to be his real son, and his own son alex neeson (dario coates) to be michelle's after a baby mix-up at the hospital. a dna test later confirms this to be the case. ryan gets extremely jealous when his mother starts taking alex out for the day and has a fight with him. they are both hit by a car but suffer minor injuries. ryan opens up to his uncle liam connor (rob james-collier) about how much michelle is choosing alex over him and then cries. liam tells steve mcdonald (simon gregson), michelle's boyfriend, who tells michelle that ryan is losing sleep over the fear of losing his only parent. even though michelle does not want to lose them both she still has to send alex home because ryan is the son that she has loved and raised since birth. she is also reassured by steve that even though alex is the son she had with dean, ryan is the son she raised with him and the son dean knew before he died. after alex moves out, ryan moves back in. ryan continues to see nick on occasion but stops after his uncle's death. he realises that no one can compare to dean. one time ryan leaves his book behind, leaving his mother to chase after him starting to say he is just like his dad. ryan becomes upset at the prospect of not inheriting anything from dean but then michelle reassures him that because they spent so much time together his traits have rubbed of on ryan. ryan then looks wistful as he started to realise how great dean was.
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"coronation street" actress kym marsh (who plays michelle connor) said it was "great" that collins was joining the show. upon collins debut in "coronation street", viewers criticised her northern accent. however, "coronation street" producer, phil collinson defended collins commenting "i think the landlady of the rovers return would have to be a northern character, really, i don't think we could have had a southerner running the pub." he opined that collins accent was great and that viewers would "just get used to it". after it was reported that the "coronation street" cast were unhappy over collins casting, her co-star anthony cotton (who plays sean tully) spoke out to deny the claims. he said that the cast and crew had "far better things to do" than gossip about collins. he added that collins is "so very watchable" and called stella and her family "exciting and intriguing". tyldesley also defended collins saying "there is absolutely nothing wrong with her accent from my point of view and she's doing an amazing job." marsh reiterated her opinion, asking viewers to give collins a chance to settle into the role. in july 2011, it was reported that collins could be axed from the show if she does not "win over viewers". however, this was denied by a "coronation street" spokeswoman. "the sun's" television magazine "buzz" said that they were "already giving stella the big thumbs-up".
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