Claire Sweeney says she missed Maureen Lipman's cameo in Cassie's Coronation Street exit

Actress Claire Sweeney, who plays Cassie Plummer on the British soap *Coronation Street*, explained that her character's upcoming departure will feel incomplete without the presence of Cassie's mother, Evelyn, portrayed by Maureen Lipman. Sweeney noted that the final scenes were filmed out of sequence, which made the concluding moments feel less like a true ending. She described the emotional farewell at the Dobbs house, where she said she "literally sobbed," and praised co‑star Ian Burfield for his performance as Ross Wilkes.

Sweeney also expressed disappointment that Lipman's cameo was absent, saying she "missed Maureen Lipman so much" and would have liked her there for the exit. The storyline sees Cassie attempting to escape Ross, only to be taken away in a dramatic car scene that was shot weeks before the rest of the episode.