Helen Flanagan on quitting Coronation Street: 'I didn't like playing promiscuous Rosie'
But as she speaks for the first time about quitting Coronation Street, Helen Flanagan has revealed she didn't like her character's risque story lines.
Rosie Webster is seen trying to pursue a glamour modelling career as well as bedding a number of the other characters.
Helen says she is nothing like the budding model in real life.
Moving on: Helen Flanagan says she didn't like playing Rosie Webster on Coronation Street when she went through a promiscuous stage
'I like that she's confident, whereas I'm reserved and shy,' she told Hello magazine.
'I can hide behind her. She's funny and sweet too. I didn't enjoy playing her when she went through a promiscuous phase. Luckily she shows more heart these days.
'But I'd give her some advice and tell her to calm down a bit. She is fiercely ambitious and worships power and money.'
Not so shy! Helen, left, shared this picture of her in a very low-cut top last month and right, dressed as Rosie, while filming her spinoff web series
She said she would love to act in a period piece on stage, such as Romeo and Juliet but also wants to pursue a modelling career like Rosie.
Helen, 21, has played Rosie for 12 years but has quit the show to start a new life with her boyfriend Scott Sinclair, 22.
When she films her last scenes for the show in December, she will move from her parents home in Bolton to Wales to be with him.
The pair met through Helen's on-screen sister, played by Brooke Vincent.
In love: Helen and her Swansea footballer boyfriend Scott Sinclair who she will move in with after shooting her last scenes in December
Am I wearing that? Helen with onscreen boyfriend Jason Grimshaw, played by Ryan Thomas, during her modelling scenes last year
'Brooke was meeting a male friend and he brought along Scott,' she said.
'He seemed like a nice, sweet guy and invited me on a date. We got on well and by the second date, we were best friends. That was it, we became inseparable. I knew he was The One, the only man I wanted to be with.'
The full interview features in this week's Hello
But even though they have been together for two years now, Helen says it's too early to talk about marriage and children.
Helen says she made the decision to leave the show while on a three-month sabbatical from April to June.
Her break was explained on the show as Rosie having gone to London to pursue modelling.
'During my time away from the street I felt free. One of the first things I did was cut my hair short and dyed it bright blonde. I felt fearless and girlie.
'It was something I had wanted to do for a long time.
'I loved the way it made me feel and have no regrets, even though I had to dye my hair brown again when I turned to Coronation Street.'
The actress has been crippled by panic attacks since she was 19 and endured three while filming recently.
But she says her reason for leaving is more about 'growing as a person'.
Helen claims she doesn't know yet how Rosie will be written out of the show but believes it may be to pursue her modelling career.
Mel B's 12-year-old daughter files battery report against father Jimmy Gulzar
Mel B's 12-year-old old daughter Phoenix has filed a battery police report against her father, Jimmy Gulzar, according to U.S. reports.
The eldest daughter of the former Spice Girl, who is currently in Australia with her mother, 36 , and family, filled out a police report after Gulzar, 44 , refused to let her leave after visit, according to RadarOnline.
Apple of her eye: Mel B with daughter Phoenix at a charity run last year, Phoenix has filed a battery report against her father
If you wanna be my lover: Mel B met Jimmy Gulzar, here at Camden Roundhouse in 1998, when he was her dancer on a Spice Girls tour
Mel, who is filming the Australian X Factor, has primary custody of Phoenix with Gulzar allowed four visits a month.
Her parents initially clashed over custody in 2000, and have had a fractious and tenuous detente ever since.
This incident was sparked when Gulzar allegedly refused to let Phoenix leave his house after a designated visit.
Radar quotes a source as saying: 'The cops had to be called to enforce the court order, which states that Mel has primary custody of Phoenix.
'There was a stand off for several hours and when it became clear that Gulzar wasn't going to turn Phoenix over, LAPD responded and told Jimmy he had to allow his daughter to leave his apartment.
Happy family: Mel with husband Stephen Belafonte and left to right, Angel, Stephen's daughter Giselle and Phoenix at an LA premiere last year
'When Phoenix came out, she was extremely distraught and very upset. The police immediately took her to the police station to fill out a report.'
The police report is said to contain the following passage: 'Victim is suspect's daughter. Susp has visitation rights w/daughter. When daughter attempted to leave susp's house to return to mother's home, susp grabbed vict's arm refusing to let her leave.'
Mel B and her husband, Stephen Belafonte, are currently with Phoenix, Mel's four-year-old daughter with Eddie Murphy, Angel, and their newborn baby, Madison, who is just over a month old.
Mel described Madison, who was born last month weighing in at six pounds and two ounces, is 'so gorgeous and such a chilled baby'.
Tweet happiness: Mel, Stephen, Angel and Phoenix shared this picture last week
She recently described how refreshing it was to have a supportive partner throughout her pregnancy with Madison.
Her marriage to Dutch-born Gulzar was tumultuous and she split from Hollywood star Murphy half-way through her pregnancy with Angel.
Mel met dancer Gulzar in 1998 on the Spiceworld Tour and they married in September of that year, while Brown was pregnant with Phoenix.
Phoenix was born in February 1999, but her parents decided to split by the end of the year.
Doing it right: Mel with Madison on her balcony in Sydney
Pregnant Brown and Murphy split in December 2006 after a six month relationship, when the Shrek star told a Dutch TV show: 'I don't know whose child that is until it comes out and has a blood test.'
In June 2007, Brown married film producer Stephen Belafonte after a whirlwind four month romance and the singer recently announced plans for the couple to have more children together.
This isn't the first time that Gulzar has been in hot water.
He was arrested after a fracas with Mel's sister Danielle in 2000 which arose after she arrived to collect Phoenix, then 18 months old, from his north London home.
Chemistry: But Mel's relationship with the hot-headed Gulzar, here in 1999 at the height of the Spice Girls' fame, was short-lived
Then in 2002 he was convicted of assaulting a three-year-old autistic boy.
Gulzar lost his temper and smacked the boy during an outing to London Zoo in September 2001.
The attack happened after the boy pushed a two-year-old girl who was part of the group with Gulzar.
Gulzar claimed he had acted in reasonable self-defence to protect the child but district judge Anthony Evans ruled that the dancer had committed an assault.
Sitting at Horseferry Road magistrates court, Mr Evans ordered Gulzar to pay an additional £200 in costs.