Coronation Street star Millie Gibson says The Forsytes role is 'totally unlike me'

Coronation Street star Millie Gibson says The Forsytes role is 'totally unlike me'

Coronation Street 's Millie Gibson is set to look "completely different" in the upcoming period drama The Forsytes , where she's unrecognisable as a ballet dancer with long red hair.

The six-part series, based on John Galsworthy's novels, boasts a star-studded cast including Home and Away's Joshua Orpin, One Day's Eleanor Tomlinson, This Life's Jack Davenport, and Downton Abbey's Tuppence Middleton, alongside Francesca Annis, Jamie Flatters, Susan Hampshire and Danny Griffin.

In the drama, Millie portrays the "ambitious wife" of Soames Forsyte (played by Joshua), who finds herself in a family feud with his cousin Jolyon (Danny) over control of the family business.

Set against the backdrop of the lat