Coronation Street star Vicky Myers opened up about the touching family memento that shaped her performance as DS Lisa Swain in the ITV soap.
Joining Kelvin and Liz Fletcher on their Off Script podcast, Vicky reminisced about her early days on set at Corrie.
She told the hosts: "This ring is my great-grandma's ring and I couldn't get it off for filming because it's really small, so I thought, she's a single parent (DS Lisa Swain), so she's either divorced or I didn't think about being widowed, but she's divorced."
Continuing her trip down memory lane, she added: "So I left it on and thought, that's hers. So that ended up being part of my character's DNA."
She also divulged the poignant moment when the realisation sunk in that she had become part of something special: "I actually walked down the cobbles, there was nobody about, it was really eerily silent, and there was The Rovers Return and I'd never seen that in real life.
"And I looked at it and I had this wonderful feeling of, I'm going to be here for a while."
Since her entrance onto the show in 2021, viewers have watched DS Swain take on some of the toughest cases in Weatherfield.
One of her first major acts in the role was helping to bring Seb Fraklin's killer, Corey Brent to justice.
Since becoming a more prominent character on the show last year, the actor has been central to recent events. Last week's episodes saw Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) and Carla Connor (Alison King) held hostage by Rob Donovan (Marc Baylis).
As the situation escalated with Rob wielding a gun, Tracy managed to slip away and alert Lisa who attempts to stop Rob's behaviour.
However, a struggle over the firearm results in shots being fired, leaving Corrie viewers questioning who was caught in the crossfire.
Before making a name for herself on the cobbles, Vicky has previously appeared in a number of British TV shows, including in the likes of The Five and more recently, Channel 4's Ackley Bridge.
While many Corrie fans will only know her as DS Lisa Swain, Vicky previously appeared on the street during brief stints back in 1998, 2007 and 2010.
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