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" Katherine Kelly has claimed that her new role in ITV&amp;#039;s Mr Selfridge is not comparable with Becky McDonald in Coronation Street. The 32-year-old actress said that her new socialite part &amp;quot;couldn&amp;#039;t be more opposite&amp;quot; to the downtrodden character she portrayed in the ITV soap between 2006 and 2012.   Kelly told PA: &amp;quot;I love the fact that it&amp;#039;s based on the real thing and the part for me couldn&amp;#039;t be more opposite to Becky - she is absolutely the top of the social circle, Lady Mae. &amp;quot;She is the one of all the women who hang around with Mr Selfridge, she is the only one in the pecking order that&amp;#039;s three steps above him and that&amp;#039;s just a thrill to play.&amp;quot; Kelly will appear opposite Entourage&amp;#039;s Jeremy Piven, who plays Selfridges owner Harry in the biopic. She added: &amp;quot;All I know is Andrew Davies is an amazing writer, I adore the scripts, I think that Jeremy Piven is outstanding. &amp;quot;I always look at the script and the part and for me the script is excellent, it&amp;#039;s based on a true story which I always like.&amp;quot; &amp;amp;gt; Katherine Kelly thrilled with life after soap "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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