15 Things Fans Were Never Supposed to Know About ‘Coronation Street’

7. Actors often play more than one role

Before the actors on the show get famous they often take on multiple bit parts. Michael Le Vell (Kevin), Malcolm Hebden (Norris), and Sarah Lancashire (Raquel) all had smaller roles on the show before they landed their larger characters. Ann Aris has played 12 different characters and Anthony Schaeffer holds the record with 13.

8. It was supposed to be called ‘Florizel Street’

The initial idea for the name for the show was supposed to be Florizel Street, but then someone mentioned that it sounded like a disinfectant so they changed it up.

9. It takes many wedding dresses to shoot wedding episodes

When they shoot episodes where weddings take place it usually requires about two to five different dresses to get through it. They are white after all and dirty quickly, plus sometimes they have to end up ripped or with wine poured on them which you can’t redo without a whole new dress.