Beverley Callard Eyes Coronation Street Return Amid Jim McDonald Twist

Beverley Callard, the longtime Coronation Street actress known for portraying Liz McDonald, has expressed mixed feelings about a potential return to the ITV soap amid a dramatic new storyline involving her character's late husband. The 69-year-old star, currently appearing on I'm A Celebrity... South Africa, spoke out as producers revealed that Jim McDonald, played by Charles Lawson, died off-screen from pneumonia earlier this year, sparking a family bombshell for their son, Steve McDonald.

The plot twist centers on Jim's affair with Maggie Driscoll in the late 1970s, while married to Liz, which resulted in the birth of Ben Driscoll, Steve's half-brother and the new owner of the Rovers Return pub. Steve, portrayed by Simon Gregson, learned of his father's death via a phone call from an ex-partner just as he was about to receive a surprise proposal from Cassie Plummer, adding to the emotional turmoil after he had chosen not to visit Jim during his illness.

Callard, who left Coronation Street in 2020 after 32 years on the show, addressed the possibility of reprising her role during interviews tied to her reality TV stint. "I can't now because I'm filming something else, but I...