who plays stella in coronation street?
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 To ensure accuracy in scriptwriting , the serial employs a team of researchers to advise writers on nursing issues and health service politics . One medical advisor was given a cameo role in the series as an orthopaedic surgeon , and another , recovery nurse Rachel Carter , appears in Holby City as a scrub nurse . Another adviser , a heart surgeon , has occasionally left open @-@ heart surgery to advise Holby City writers over the telephone . The programme utilises surgeons from different disciplines , who check scripts for accuracy . Carter believes this is particularly important in case viewers copy procedures they have seen in the show , such as CPR . Series star Amanda Mealing commented : " We pride ourselves on being realistic . You need to know what you are doing and why . It is a complex and foreign thing to act out an operation . For training , I watched a number of real ones . " Cast members are taught how to give realistic injections , monitor blood pressure and check a pulse , and some are given the opportunity to observe procedures in real hospitals . Original cast member George Irving observed coronary artery bypass surgery performed at Papworth and Middlesex Hospital in preparation for his role as Anton Meyer , while Edward MacLiam observed laparoscopic surgery being performed before joining the cast as Greg Douglas in series twelve . 

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 The series was commissioned by Warner Bros. Television in 2007 as a presentation lasting 14 – 20 minutes . Alex O 'Loughlin , Shannon Lucio , Rade Šerbedžija and Amber Valletta were cast in the lead roles , and Rod Holcomb was hired as director . David Greenwalt joined the staff in May 2007 as showrunner and executive producer with Joel Silver ; however , health reasons forced Greenwalt to leave the series . All of the original actors , apart from the male lead role , were recast in June 2007 , and Sophia Myles , Jason Dohring and Shannyn Sossamon replaced them . With an almost entirely different cast , a retooled , full @-@ length pilot for television audiences was re @-@ shot . 

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 Following positive reviews and high listening figures , the second series was able to attract a number of guest appearances from well known actors , including Peter Davison , Steve Coogan , and Kate O 'Mara . The third series featured appearances from Julia Davis and David Tennant . 

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 The producers cast relatively unknown British actors for the series . Scottish actress Lindsay Duncan , who was cast as Servilia , believed that she and other UK actors " can do old , can do classic , and you believe it . " She also said that because of long distances , American actors or those of other nationalities were avoided : " Transporting actors from [ Los Angeles ] to Rome on a regular basis does not look good for the budget . We 're quite cheap . " Stamp described Servilia as " the great love of [ Julius ] Caesar 's life , his mistress and by all counts the only woman he truly loved . " Irish actor Ciarán Hinds was cast as Caesar . Hinds first thought it was " silly " to be offered the part , but then " you think it 's quite an honour to be chosen to play it . And then you think , ' Oh shit I 've got to do it ' , and then , well , ' I suppose someone has to do it ! ' " Heller had believed that Hinds would make " a great Caesar " for a long time , and considered the series " extremely lucky " for being able to cast him . 

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 Charlize Theron as Stella Bridger , John 's daughter and a safe and vault " technician " . She prefers the use of technology to crack safes for the police , unlike her father , who did the whole thing by touch . 
