Earlier this year, actress Lucy, who is 30, teased the drama set to unfold for her soap alter-ego, and admitted that fans will probably end up not really liking the character.
When asked at the Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse if Bethany has any big stories coming up, Lucy replied: ‘She does! I can’t tell you what it is, but it’s not going to be great.
‘I don’t think people are going to be happy about it. This one is low-key her fault. Everyone is going to be like, ‘She is a d**k.’ Which is fine.’
On the subject of whether she’s hesitant to play out a plot in which Bethany would be seen as a baddie, Lucy said: ‘I don’t mind what it is as long as it’s a good one. Being in the Platts is a good family to be in. It’s an amazing honour to get a storyline, I don’t take it for granted at all.’
A development that aired this week in the ITV soap has now left a number of fans convinced they’ve worked out Bethany’s new plot.
And it involves her mum, Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien).
On Monday, Corrie confirmed that Sarah was the person who killed Theo Silverton (James Cartwright). The two residents endured a showdown, leading to Sarah attacking Theo with a metal pole. Theo then fell over some scaffolding, plummeting to his death.
The one person who has known all this time about Sarah killing Theo is Gary Windass (Mikey North). Both of them are desperate to keep the secret hidden – but that is practically impossible when you live in Weatherfield, let’s be honest.
Taking to social media platform X, audience members are now wondering if Bethany’s new storyline will see her discover her mum’s murderous secret – and then decide to shop her to the police.
Mitch shared: ‘Bethany has a storyline coming up that’s gonna make the fans hate her…. What if she finds out Sarah killed Theo and for some reason decides to tell the police and it sends Sarah to prison.’
