No. Roy was shattered by her dishonesty although they soon made up. Later in the year, Roy and Hayley visit Palm Springs, California to visit Sylvia and her companion Milton Fanshaw (Robert Vaughn). The following year was relatively quiet for the Croppers. You can start. Then Judi Hayfield, the casting director, said to me: 'I don't know how to begin to tell you what this part is or how you'll feel about it, but she's a transsexual and at the moment she's still in a male body. She'd never do it. This would make an amazing storyline, in which she has had enough of being a woman and wants to revert to being a man again Despite the fact she's shown no interest in being a man. However, Hayley was impressed with Roy, whose stories at the dinner table had bored everyone but her, and they went out for a drink afterwards. After affirming their mutual attraction, Hayley goes to Amsterdam for private gender reassignment surgery. However, with some prompting by Alma, he surprised Hayley by turning up at the disco dressed as John Travolta and showed that his dancing lessons hadn't gone to waste. The following week, Carla insists on going with Hayley for a CT scan where Hayley is diagnosed with stage-two pancreatic cancer. Press for Change, the transgender campaign and information group, were particularly concerned with the direction of the storyline, but after the first two months a trans advisor connected to Press for Change, Annie Wallace, was regularly consulted for eighteen months by scriptwriters and the actor, and trans groups appeared happier with the stories and scripts that resulted from this liaison. Briefly, upon her return, there was a difficult situation where she had developed a crush on one of her co-workers in Africa (further reading below). Chesney thought the Croppers would be a soft touch and laid it on with stories about how neglected he was at home. After Christmas, Hayley and Roy went to the hospital for the results of another scan, carried out when Hayley complained about feeling pains. Hayley made her own dress, while the train was made by the other girls and presented to her at her hen party at No.5, with Janice Battersby selling Les's records to pay for it. Christian brings Sam and Maisie to the caf and Maisie is intrigued by Roy's train collection, while Hayley and Christian talk upstairs. Hayley and Roy Cropper were married officially on August 30 th 2010. She decides not to return to Underworld and wants to become a social worker but her police record (for the abduction of Wayne in 2001), rules her ineligible to work with children. Hesmondhalgh is best known for playing Hayley Cropper in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. He persuaded her that they should work on their relationship, and as a result, she returned to Weatherfield where she became a machinist in Mike Baldwin's (Johnny Briggs) lingerie factory, Underworld. Hayley is heartbroken when Becky decides to leave Weatherfield in January 2012 but gets a call a few months later, telling her that she is engaged to her new boyfriend. Hayley was alarmed at her friend's rapid deterioration and revealed to a stunned Roy that she wanted to end her own life when the cancer spread, before her morphine dosage was high enough to make her delirious. Hayley takes her frustration out on the Christmas tree, wrecking Hope's decoration. "Hayley Cropper was one of the most important characters in the world, as far as I'm concerned." Sometimes you have to go in with that attitude. Deirdre Barlow (Anne Kirkbride) finds Roy sleepwalking on the Red Rec and returns him to Hayley and Sylvia. Faithful, loyal and kind, Hayley didn't mind putting herself out to help others in a jam. Roy became obsessed with catching the prankster, suspecting Beth Tinker, but the mystery was solved when Deirdre Barlow, walking her dog Eccles, found Roy sleepwalking on the Red Rec. The Croppers were relieved when they were informed that Fiz had done similarly before, and there would be no action taken. It had been a long time coming for the couple who had been together since soon after Hayley arrived on the cobbles in. Feeling Christian would have responded better if she had told him the truth in her own time, Hayley blamed Roy everything and went to stay with Becky, although once she'd calmed down she returned to Roy. Worse still, her position at Firman's was one of authority, and Hayley was too afraid of her colleagues to discipline them. Hayley insists that they attend a cancer support group, where they meet Jane Rayner (Heather Bleasdale) and her husband Jeff (Jim Millea). He then proposed, and Hayley excitedly accepted, agreeing not to be defeated by a law. In the wake of the Wayne incident, Peter Hartnell told the Croppers that their fostering suspension would be lifted, but the couple never fostered again. [15] The official LGBT History Month website includes Hayley as one of the important famous LGBT people in their history, even though she is a fictional character.[16]. Hesmondhalgh won both of these awards. ", As the storyline played out, Hesmondhalgh feared a backlash from fans over the storyline but was surprised by the reaction: "I've had so many messages and it's been overwhelming. His bad treatment of her intensified when Roy threw a pint over him in the Rovers Return in retaliation for calling Hayley a freak. After the funeral, Roy tells Hayley that he thinks he can accept her suicide plot. She is terrified of anything that might give her away." Most criticism came from the LGBT community, who slated the portrayal of Hayley as cliched and ill-informed. Hayley returns in November 2008; it is clear that she is not entirely happy, appearing evasive and she tells Roy that she wants to return to her charity work, as she has fallen for Olaf, the project team leader. The couple enjoyed the day immensely, with the highlight being a dance in the Tower Ballroom, Roy having learned ballroom dancing especially for the occasion. At the end of the year, Hayley bought Gail Platt's share of the cafe but went on working at the factory. Also in 2014, Hesmondhalgh was nominated for the "Best Actress" award at The British Soap Awards. As a wedding present to Roy, Hayley officially changed her name by deed poll to Hayley Anne Cropper. It is also alleged that the resultant public support for this fictional character went in favour of the Bill. Blackburn: "This is a very sensitive issue and we will be exploring the effects of her decision on husband Roy who has a huge emotional and moral dilemma over her choice to die this way." Refusing to give up on Wayne, Roy and Hayley implored Sheila to put her story straight, but she was too afraid of Alex even to admit the truth to them. In March 2000, Hayley attracted the attentions of Stuart Leigh, a builder working on the Medical Centre development. The joke was that Roy Cropper (David Neilson) was going to go on a series . Unbeknown to the Croppers, Tracy made a bet with Bev Unwin that she could bed Roy, in order to prove that she could have any man she wanted. Hayley is delighted to learn that Roy has booked a day off so they can go to Blackpool. As Hayley had yet to update her passport, they took their honeymoon in York. Some time later, her dad regularly attended day centres, and Hayley went out to work as secretary to manager Curly Watts at Firman's Freezers in Weatherfield. As a child, she was lonely due to having no friends or siblings, and felt out of place among the other boys. Alma took the news better, and urged Roy to make amends. They watch the CCTV footage and it proves that Roy is behind all of the rearranged furniture. Having missed each other, they toured the sights of Amsterdam together, while surreptitiously trying to find out where they stood in each other's affections. [11] Hesmondhalgh revealed that she wanted to pursue new projects, saying "I've had the most wonderful and happy time in the life changing 15/16 years I've been in Corrie, and I owe so much to the show and the special team that make it happen. She agrees and they marry. They are arrested for kidnap and Hayley is held on remand for objecting to her bail conditions but is released when Wayne's mother makes a statement about her marriage. Carla is determined to visit Hayley and she is glad that Carla came. Because of her sheltered upbringing, Hayley was shy and had trouble making friends. However, she did not want to sleep apart from Roy anyway, and as she moved into Roy's flat, they cemented their relationship, although Hayley lied to Roy by telling him that, like him, she was a virgin. Who drove the Ford Escort in fast and furious? During their last conversation, Hayley thanked Carla for giving her three extra years of life. At work, Hayley had to live with Mike's constant ribbing. Hayley then had the operation to remove her tumour, giving Roy her wedding ring to look after while she was in the operating theatre. Hayley was also loyal to Alma. Patience Cropper is renamed Amy Barlow and the Croppers are her godparents. When catching up with Tilly, another volunteer, she learns Olaf is not the man she thought he was and decides to stay with Roy. After one last moment together, she drinks the cocktail. Hayley knew that her past would always be a part of her; immediately on her arrival in the UK, she was stopped by Immigration as she still held a man's passport. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! After a nap, Hayley is determined to go to The Rovers for a Christmas drink, but Roy wants her to take it easy. Stuart kept popping into the cafe to see Hayley and they developed an innocent flirtation, with the understanding that nothing would happen due to Hayley being married. It has been said that the character of Hayley deserves partial credit for bringing the issues faced by trans people to public attention in a sympathetic manner, rather than the sensationalist coverage that had previously existed[citation needed]. At the given address, they were met by Margaret Cropper, St. John's second wife, who informed them that her husband had recently passed away. Also, his presents to her was usually more suited to him, for example an authentic but rustic meal from the Civil War period (2002), a holiday in Burnham Thorpe for the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar (2005), and Scrabble in a foreign language (2003). The character Roy Cropper is played by 72-year old English actor Daniel Neilson who has been invested in the role since 1995. What do you think about that?' Julie Hesmondhalgh left Coronation Street temporarily in 2001 to give birth to her daughter, Martha Mo. Roy makes sure that she is comfortable and selects a piece of music that they both like. Two months after her arrival, Sylvia's attentions turned to grandchildren. The doctor tells Hayley that there is a blockage in her bile duct and Hayley tells Sylvia that she may have cancer and breaks down in her arms. The Croppers struck up an instant bond with Wayne, but although the quiet lad hadn't said why he ran away from home, as Alex left with Wayne, Roy saw him hit the boy through the cafe window. Driven by his determination to fulfill his promise to Hayley, Roy found (via Emily Bishop) a minister who agreed to perform a ceremony at St. Paul's Church. Later that year, they supported her when she had her miscarriages, and it was on Hayley's advice that the McDonalds turned to adoption. Hayley is later cremated following a humanist funeral. Suppressing his feelings of grief, Roy slumped into a depression. Once she had her final operation in Amsterdam, Hayley wanted nothing more than to be one of the girls, but when faced with prejudice it was not anger but disappointment Hayley felt, the abuse serving as a reminder that she would never be able to lead a normal life. Additionally, Mike discovered her secret when Alma told him why the DSS was insisting that Hayley was called Harold. Taking his duties very seriously, Roy upset Hayley by repeatedly critiquing her technique, resulting in her sticking a plaster over his mouth. Hayley realises that she has to tell Roy so goes home and tells Roy and Sylvia. Finding her manner odd, Carla investigated and persuaded Anna Windass to let her into the flat, where they found Roy with a lifeless Hayley, who had passed away moments before. In 2009, the Croppers employed Fiz's husband John Stape at the cafe, despite his kidnap of Rosie Webster which had resulted in his imprisonment. She admired their honesty and loyalty, seeing it as something to aspire to, and her desire to be worthy of their trust was a big motivator in her turning her life around. With Alex threatening to call the police, the Croppers stole Martin's car and, taking with Wayne with them, sought refuge with Hayley's old friend Ruth Audsley in Warwickshire. Her skill on the sewing machine made her the go-to person when a dress needed making or mending for a wedding or christening, with Hayley going as far as to mend Claire Casey's wedding dress late at night on Christmas Eve. In the summer, Hayley encountered Wayne Hayes and his mother Sheila in the Kabin and brought them to the cafe for lunch. Following Hayley's confession to Roy that she was a transsexual on 27th February 1998, the Independent Television Commission received ten complaints that it wasn't suitable for a pre-watershed timeslot. Hayley insists on visiting Jane in the hospice and Jeff reveals that Jane has died. In December 2011, when Tracy Barlow had a miscarriage which she claimed was caused by Becky pushing her down the stairs, Becky defiantly refused to take the blame, claiming that Tracy had lost the babies before the stairs incident and slipped down her staircase of her own accord. Hayley was born as Harold Patterson in 1966. Coronation Street Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Hayley later breaks down in Roy's arms, saying that she does not want to die and does not want to leave him. He says she could live up to about six months to a year. Angela Harris was one of Hayley's colleagues from the factory. Hayley tells Roy that he must not touch the glass containing the lethal cocktail. The pair argue again about the way Hayley wants to die. Killer Tony Gordon (Gray O'Brien) arrives, takes the gag off Carla's mouth and threatens them, revealing that Hayley is there as revenge against Roy, who convinced Tony to confess his crimes to the police, and says he will kill her and Carla. Angela apologised to Hayley and asked her to tell everyone the truth. After the "wedding" was screened, the Labour Government announced that a Parliamentary Working Group was being created to assess how the UK could grant trans people the legal rights for which they had fought for decades. Well, I was gobsmacked, of course, but I thought it was a fantastic idea. The Croppers' relationship becomes increasingly strained, including a suicide attempt by Roy, but they pull through. The Croppers were one of the few people Becky said goodbye to when she left the Street a few weeks later, to start a new life in Barbados. At the age of 46 years old David made his debut on Coronation Street. Becky grew very attached to Royston and Hayles. Strange happenings begin occurring in the caf and Roy thinks Beth Tinker (Lisa George) and her family are responsible. Alex then stunned them by offering to sell Wayne to them for 10,000, which he lowered to 5,000, eager for them to accept. Hayley was given six months, or up to a year with chemotherapy. On her last day, Hayley prepared a lethal cocktail, instructing Roy not to touch it, and ironed Roy's best shirt for the funeral. Hayley's attire and mannerisms were used to subtly hint at her background. After rummaging through her things, she finds a prescription for some hormone tablets and assumes Hayley is menopausal until Tracy tells her that Hayley used to be a man. Hayley was the first transgender character in a British soap opera and was the first permanent transgender character in the world of serialised drama. Her character Hayley took her own life - with the help of beloved husband Roy - after a hellish battle with pancreatic cancer. In revenge, Les tipped off a reporter about the wedding between "two blokes". All the pain they had gone through was forgotten as Hayley and Roy began a new life with their daughter, whom they named Patience Cropper. But I think the anorak has got to stay - it's an institution! When Hayley Cropper swallows poison on Coronation Street on Monday night, taking her own life to escape inoperable pancreatic cancer, with her beloved husband, Roy, in pieces at her bedside, it will be the end of a character who, thanks to Hesmondhalgh's performance, has captivated and challenged British TV viewers for Hayley and Becky did have the occasional cross word. Later that week, Roy proposes to Hayley and she accepts. However, they do get to the venue on time and Hayley marries Roy. We'll get to know Hayley as a person, not a soap-box cause." In 1999, the writers decided that Hayley and Roy would marry. After the initial surprise, most were supportive of Hayley, but some, such as Les Battersby, picked on her, while at work Linda Sykes tried to make her use the gents toilets, resulting in Mike stepping and forcing Linda to back down (although his intentions were only to get everyone back to work, rather than anything noble). With Alma as Matron of Honour, Martin Platt as Best Man, and her Great Uncle Bert as Father of the Bride, Hayley and Roy were married on 23rd April 1999. The idea of introducing a transgender character came about during a story meeting, when the writing team were discussing the possible introduction of Coronation Street's first homosexual character. The murderer was later revealed to be Katy Harris, with Angela taking the blame to protect her daughter. Roy breaks the news to Anna, Fiz, Tyrone, Peter, Carla, Rita Tanner (Barbara Knox) and Dennis Tanner (Philip Lowrie). Later, Hayley breaks down at work and Carla comforts her. Upset, Hayley runs home and is followed by Sylvia. In 2003, while Hayley is away, nursing her sick aunt, scheming Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) bets Bev Unwin (Susie Blake) that she can bed the man supposedly least likely to be unfaithful Roy. While Hayley is recovering, Roy accidentally tells Anna about her suicide wish. With the help of Mary Taylor and her wedding dossier, Hayley set about planning her dream wedding. Hayley is devastated and furious with Roy. Sylvia was initially appalled but Roy rose to the occasion and made her feel ashamed for her gut reaction. Hayley and Roy enjoy their last Christmas together. While Roy was in a vulnerable state due to his grief over betraying Hayley, Hayley acted out in other ways, initially accusing Tracy of making the whole thing up, and then, after persuading Roy to fight for their marriage and not move out as he proposed, adopting a more feminine image, which was not to either of their liking. She was appearing in Much Ado About Nothing at the Royal Exchange Theatre when she was spotted by a member of the casting team and subsequently asked to audition for Coronation Street. That's all they told me. When she told her father this, he threw all photographs of "Harold" into the fire and refused to allow her to wear woman's clothes in his presence. Hayley had a difficult time adjusting to life in Coronation Street. Hayley is delighted when asked by Carla to make her wedding dress. In September 2011, Hayley cleared Frank Foster's things from the factory after his rape of Carla and ran the factory in her absence. [1] She was married to Roy Cropper (David Neilson). Hayley gave Becky her job back at the cafe and from then on there was more trust in their relationship. For a few weeks, they lived in fear of Alex, Social Services and the police, finding little comfort in the fact that they were doing it to protect Wayne. They decide to go camping in a bid to mend their issues. Roy returns without Hayley, who is caring for Sylvia as she isn't well. They went on to possibly save their group mates' lives by evacuating the first aid tent when a rocket landed on it and started a fire at the local firework display. In June 2010, Tony escaped from prison and took Carla and Hayley hostage at the factory, intending to kill Hayley along with Carla so that Roy would feel the same loss he felt when Maria Connor turned her back on him. Their relationship was tested by various storylines including Tracy Barlow's (Kate Ford) deceit, Hayley's secret son and Hayley's absence from the street. Roy admired his wife's courage but advised her to change her mind as Wayne would understand them not visiting him under the circumstances. However, when interviewed the Hayes family and Alex denied any abuse was taking place, and the Croppers were suspended from fostering for good measure. During Ben's adolescence and childhood, he was. After her operation, Hayley remained in Amsterdam and rented a houseboat, intending to stay for a while. When her father had an accident, Hayley became her dad's home carer and what life she had outside the house was reduced to nothing. [13] Wallace is now an actress in her own right, and appears as the character Sally St. Claire in the Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks. In 1999, the actress responded to suggestions that it was time to pack away her trusty anorak: "A charity shop sent me a new one the other week. When he transforms himself, it transforms me." She usually wore a shirt and cardigan with a skirt, short hair, and for all of her sixteen years in the Street, she wore the same red anorak. [2] Her final scenes were filmed on 18 November 2013 [3] and aired on 22 January 2014. It was an emotional time for an emotionally vulnerable woman, which was reflected in her somewhat needy and naive manner in her interactions with her co-workers such as Alma Baldwin. When her family moved to Coronation Street in 2002, they were known as the Nelsons due to being in the witness protection programme. This prevents Roy and Hayley fostering, or working with, any more young people. 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