Corri was known for her feisty character. Various stories are recounted of her, such as that when the audience booed on the first night of John Osborne's "The World of Paul Slickey", she responded with her own abuse: she raised two fingers to the audience and shouted "Go fuck yourselves". During the making of "Moon Zero Two", she poured a glass of iced water inside James Olson's rubber space suit, by which Olson was left in an uncomfortable state: in the end he was obliged to wear the suit for the remainder of the day's shooting.