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"Katherine Kelly has claimed that she has Roy and Hayley Cropper to thank for her success on Coronation Street. The 29-year-old actress told ATV News Network that David Neilson and Julie Hesmondhalgh&amp;#039;s characters were responsible for her alter ego Becky Granger becoming accepted by fans of the ITV1 soap. Kelly commented: &amp;quot;The Croppers were the making of Becky, and without them I actually don&amp;#039;t think Becky would still be in the show. The Croppers, especially Roy, were the thing that really turned public opinion [about Becky] around to being positive.  &amp;quot;And that was really organic - it wasn&amp;#039;t like a &amp;#039;big plan&amp;#039;, because it was a relationship that blossomed slowly. The writers have seen it and we&amp;#039;ve enjoyed it and it feels like a really special thing.&amp;quot; The soap star recently teamed up with Neilson and Hesmondhalgh for a comedy spinoff DVD set in Romania. Reflecting on the experience, she continued: &amp;quot;I love working with Julie and David - it&amp;#039;s been such a long time since I&amp;#039;ve spent time [filming] with them. They are probably my dearest friends at Coronation Street but, because Julie has a young family and David lives in London, we don&amp;#039;t really spend that much time out of work together. It was so nice on a personal level to go out for meals and not have to rush off anywhere.&amp;quot; Roy and Hayley consider Becky a surrogate daughter after forming a close bond with her during her early Weatherfield days in 2006. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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