New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Real-life Street siblings ‘WE’RE A COUPLE OF BAD GUYS!’

When Rebecca Ryan landed the part of scheming Lydia Chambers on Coronation Street, there was another cast member she could immediately turn to for advice on how to handle playing a villain on the popular TV show.

Her younger brother Jack James Ryan had joined the long-running soap just 10 months earlier to play drug dealer Jacob Hay, and was only too happy to share his insights into being a bad guy. And he’s full of praise for her portrayal of nasty Lydia, who has

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