{"id":141196,"date":"2023-09-12T16:01:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T16:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=141196"},"modified":"2023-09-12T16:01:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T16:01:25","slug":"livid-coronation-street-fans-rip-into-ageist-soap-for-forgetting-older-stars-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/tv-movies\/livid-coronation-street-fans-rip-into-ageist-soap-for-forgetting-older-stars-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Livid Coronation Street fans rip into \u2018ageist\u2019 soap for \u2018forgetting\u2019 older stars | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CORONATION Street fans have slammed show creators for being &#x27;ageist&#x27; and neglecting older characters.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers of the show are &#x27;tired&#x27; of legendary characters being &#x27;limited&#x27; and have demanded for ITV to produce &#x27;serious storylines&#x27; for them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/6fa92e57-e173-4328-95c7-e291185db4cf.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/itv-plc-reproduced-editorial-purposes-644558531-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The Coronation Street Twitter account recently revealed that 19-year-old Luca Toolan will join the cast as Year 11 bully Mason, who gradually torments Dylan Wilson, played by Liam McCheyne.<\/p>\n<p>Their Twitter account wrote:&quot; Manchester actor Luca Toolan joins the cast as Weatherfield High&#x27;s Year 11 bad boy, Mason.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>A show viewer was unpleasantly surprised by the new announcement and reposted the tweet quoting: &quot;No hard feelings towards the younger actors, but they really need to stop forgetting about their long-term cast members&#8230; Gail, Sally, Eileen, Tracy, etc.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>A second user added: &quot;Corrie is slowly becoming ITV&#x27;s version of Hollyoaks. Someone needs to put an end to it.&quot;<\/p>\n<h2><span>Read more on Coronation Street<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/RW-comp-SOAP-COUPLES.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Soap stars who fell for rival show actors as Dales star weds Enders baddie<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/comp-skc-corrie.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Coronation Street serial killer Stephen Reid exposed as body discovered<\/h3>\n<p>A third penned: &quot;Sick of them throwing in so many new characters constantly and bringing in plot device characters like please can we focus on the characters we actually care about and are the show&#x27;s bread n butter !!!&quot;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A fourth protested: &quot;I&#x27;m TIRED of Gail and Sally, especially being limited to comedy now and only making a handful of appearances every few months. I really want to see them both get serious storylines again because they can be great when it&#x27;s hard-hitting stuff.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>A fifth agreed: &quot;I literally just tweeted about this. There have been far too many sensationalised and issue-based storylines this year. Where is the character development? It is becoming so boring to watch.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The soap series school bullying storyline will transpire this autumn with Mason being introduced on screen as one of the boys picking on Ruby Dobbs (Marcy Alabi), which leads to Hope confronting him, Dylan and Liam.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in TV<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newspress-collage-23914041-1694510170435.jpg\"><\/picture><span>SWEAR IT! <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Lorraine Kelly forced to apologise by bosses as she repeats guest&#8217;s swearword<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/VP-COMP-BACHERLORETTE-v2-1.jpg\"><\/picture><span>TRAGIC END <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Horror pics show 230ft cliff where reality star, 36, died in tragic car plunge<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/tp-composite-Nadiya-Bychkova-1.jpg\"><\/picture><span>UTTER NAD-NESS! <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Fury after Strictly axe Nadiya Bychkova for new season leaving her &#8216;upset&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/TM-comp-EastEnders-spalsh-1.jpg\"><\/picture><span>ENDER THE ROAD <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Enders in crisis as Brian Conley quits to leave key storyline in tatters<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the coming weeks, Mason will become a bad influence on Dylan while taking him under his wing, but things will eventually spiral out of control, leading to parents and pupils going against each other.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/xx-xx-xx-34.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/manchester-actor-luca-toolan-joins-844435390.jpg\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/23921191\/livid-coronation-street-fans-rip-into-ageist-soap-stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CORONATION Street fans have slammed show creators for being &#x27;ageist&#x27; and neglecting older characters. Viewers of the show are &#x27;tired&#x27; of legendary characters being &#x27;limited&#x27; and have demanded for ITV to produce &#x27;serious storylines&#x27; for them. The Coronation Street Twitter account recently revealed that 19-year-old Luca Toolan will join the cast as Year 11 bully [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Livid Coronation Street fans rip into \u2018ageist\u2019 soap for \u2018forgetting\u2019 older stars | The Sun - Celebrity-hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/tv-movies\/livid-coronation-street-fans-rip-into-ageist-soap-for-forgetting-older-stars-the-sun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Livid Coronation Street fans rip into \u2018ageist\u2019 soap for \u2018forgetting\u2019 older stars | The Sun - Celebrity-hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CORONATION Street fans have slammed show creators for being &#x27;ageist&#x27; and neglecting older characters. 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