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"Rising Corrie star Lisa George has stated that she does not believe her character Beth Tinker is &amp;quot;at all&amp;quot; similar to Cilla Battersby-Brown. However, George accepted the slight physical resemblance she has to Wendi Peters, who played Chesney&amp;#039;s wicked mother Cilla. The actress was speaking to Digital Spy following her Inside Soap Awards nomination for &amp;#039;Best Newcomer&amp;#039;.   &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t want Beth to be like Cilla at all,&amp;quot; she told DS. &amp;quot;I admit that I do look a bit like her, and I have been compared to her in the past when I&amp;#039;ve done other things like panto.  &amp;quot;But I don&amp;#039;t think that Beth is as callous as Cilla was. Cilla didn&amp;#039;t care for her kids, but Beth is really soft. She comes across as gobby and harsh, but she&amp;#039;s a very different character to Cilla. I&amp;#039;d like to think that people see that.&amp;quot;  Talking positively about her favourite co-stars, George reserved particular praise for Simon Gregson (Steve McDonald) and Kate Ford (Tracy Barlow). She said: &amp;quot;Simon is so easy to work with, too. You can say, &amp;#039;Can I put this into the scene?&amp;#039; and he&amp;#039;ll say &amp;#039;Yes&amp;#039; straight away. He&amp;#039;s just really easy-going.&amp;quot; George added: &amp;quot;I love working with Kate Ford, and I think we&amp;#039;ve got a really good chemistry together.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Read our full interview with Coronation Street&amp;#039;s Lisa George here "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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