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We soap fans are not a patient bunch, it’s a toxic trait of ours so having to wait to meet DS Swain’s Coronation Street daughter Betsy – who has been a bit of an enigma – has been tricky.
After all, it has been a long time since the show confirmed that Vicky Myers’ tough-as-nails detective was being made a show regular, with the promise that we would also be introduced to her troubled teen daughter.
Recently, we headed to Weatherfield to put the burning questions to newcomer Sydney Martin and, as viewers recently discovered, she is already familiar.
Fans previously saw the character – then dubbed Sabrina’s mate – give Lauren Bolton’s killer Joel Deering (Calum Lill) the side-eye that basically said, ‘I’ve clocked you.’
And Sydney was quick to confirm to us that it’s very much the case that Betsy has sussed that he can’t be trusted.
With Joel having creepily targeted Sabrina, Betsy warns her friend off and snatches the opportunity to get under Joel’s skin – and make some cash out of it in the process.
‘She’s had a brief interaction with Joel who she kind of sniffs out straight way,’ she told us. ‘She’s like, “No, you’re not good news!’
‘But whether she knows the full extent [of what he’s capable of], I wouldn’t know. She definitely knows that he’s not everything he makes out to be, this perfect lawyer image. She doesn’t believe that for a second.
Sydney is clearly delighted to be taking on the role (Picture: Metro.co.uk)
Here comes trouble! (Picture: ITV)
‘She absolutely does not trust Joel. Even the little bit of her we’ve seen, the dirty looks. She’s been exposed to probably a lot at quite a young age. Maybe it’s her naivety or an instinct, she knows off the back that he’s not good news.’
So perhaps her mum being a detective has rubbed off on Betsy. But that’s not to say that she would always use the power of law for good…
Sydney smiled: ‘It’s a weird one because with her mum’s job, we know that she had two mums, one of whom she lost when she was on duty.
‘I think she’s got a disrespect for the law but she definitely has an investigative root in her. It’s kind of for her own gain, whether she can get money or an opportunity, she’ll do anything to get that. She wants the power!’
Mother and daughter have a very tricky relationship (Picture: ITV)
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The relationship between Betsy and Lisa (guys, it still feels weird calling DS Swain Lisa, I won’t lie) is a strained one but, as Sydney’s co-star Vicky explained to us when she chatted with her, it is still one packed with powerful love.
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