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"Coronation Street star Paula Lane has admitted that she found it tough to film Kylie Platt&amp;#039;s reaction to Betty Williams&amp;#039;s death. This week&amp;#039;s Coronation Street episodes have seen the local residents left saddened by the news that Betty has passed away. Kylie, however, has shown that she isn&amp;#039;t affected by the loss of the long-serving Rovers barmaid.   In real life, Betty Driver - who played Betty for 42 years - died in October 2011 following a period of ill health. Coincidentally, Kylie and husband David (Jack P Shepherd) were the two characters who shared her final scene last summer. Lane told Daybreak of filming Betty&amp;#039;s send-off episodes: &amp;quot;It was really sad. That&amp;#039;s been building for a while, because Betty died a little while back now. So it was very sad, and of course I&amp;#039;ve got to play Kylie at the same time as the type of character who didn&amp;#039;t really care.  &amp;quot;That was very tough for me personally. Betty was an inspiration and she&amp;#039;s left such a legacy on the street, so she&amp;#039;ll always be remembered. You only have to look at that bar and you think about her instantly.&amp;quot;   Lane is currently training for the London Marathon, which she is running in aid of Henshaws Society for Blind People. The 26-year-old became inspired to help the charity after meeting a young boy named Oscar, who was born blind. She explained: &amp;quot;Oscar is 3 years old and I first met him when I got involved with the charity. He&amp;#039;s the youngest toddler in the UK to use a cane and I got involved to raise awareness, because people thought that it was a toy and that he wasn&amp;#039;t moving out of the way. Something really hit me and I thought, &amp;#039;I really do need to raise more awareness of this and get the charity out there&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;I remember a really gruelling run that I did - it was the first time that I covered about 12 miles. I finished on a hill up near my mum&amp;#039;s house, and it was absolutely awful! But all I could think about was Oscar, and it got me up that hill.&amp;quot; Lane has been appearing on screen as Kylie since August 2010. &amp;gt; Coronation Street Paula Lane: &amp;#039;Fans don&amp;#039;t recognise me&amp;#039; &amp;gt; Coronation Street Paula Lane reveals heart attack plot drama &amp;gt; Coronation Street: Audrey suffers a heart attack - spoiler pictures &amp;gt; Read more Coronation Street spoilers and news "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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