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Derry Girls star Siobhán McSweeney has excellent response to Nadine Coyle’s hope for a cameoRachael O'Connor
Liam Neeson made an incredible cameo in Derry Girls but it doesn’t look like Girls Aloud’s Nadine Coyle will be following suit (Picture: Channel 4/Getty )
Derry Girls legend Siobhán McSweeney has responded to Nadine Coyle’s wish to appear in the show.
And sorry, Girls Aloud fans, but it’s not looking good.
Lisa McGee’s phenomenal sitcom returned with a bang last week after three years away, and the first episode featured everything fans were hoping for and more.
(The ‘more’ being an absolutely jaw-dropping cameo from Taken icon Liam Neeson – we are still in shock.)
Michael Collins star Liam isn’t the only celebrity keen for a cameo in the acclaimed sitcom: Popstars icon and real-life Derry girl Nadine told Metro.co.uk in an interview last year that she would love to appear in an episode.
In fact, Nadine was such a fan that she had even ‘thought of all the different kinds of roles that I could play,’ suggesting she could ‘probably put a uniform on’.
Now that the show is finally back on our screens, there hasn’t been any big reveal about Nadine making an appearance – and judging by Sister Michael’s reaction, it’s not going to happen.
Siobhán had a fairly Sister Michael-esque response to pop star Nadine’s cameo hopes (Picture: Peter Marley)
Siobhán spoke to Metro.co.uk about bidding farewell to the show and what was to come, and of course, we had to mention that we had it ‘on very good authority’ that Nadine would love a Derry Girls cameo.
To which Siobhán, in pure Sister Michael fashion, replied: ‘I also heard it on good authority that I’d like to be a singer in a girl band.
‘We’ve all got to live within our limits.’
Nadine is super keen for a Derry Girls stint (Picture: Channel 4 / SWNS)
‘The audacity!’ Siobhán teased, joking she would rock up to Washington DC and tell President Joe Biden she was ‘in town if he needs anybody’.
Siobhán spoke about her own arduous journey to becoming a trained actor, and said she ‘got into debt going to drama school and disappointed my parents so immensely’.
‘One of the last conversations I had with my mother as she lay dying was “would I not go back and do the H-Dip (higher diploma)?’”‘
Siobhán recalled how her parents weren’t exactly thrilled by her passion for acting and encouraged her to return to education (Picture: Getty Images)
To fans’ immense relief, Siobhán did not go back to do the H-Dip and instead stormed onto our screens as the absolutely iconic Sister Michael, whose dry comments and eye-rolls made her a fan favourite of the series.
The Cork native also played a lead role in the recent TV adaption of Graham Norton’s crime drama Holding, presents Channel 4’s Great Pottery Throwdown, and is set to star in upcoming Disney Plus superhero series Extraordinary.
In her Metro.co.uk interview, Nadine recalled her own secondary school in Derry had its own ‘Sister Michael’ – though the students didn’t find her as funny as Siobhán’s character.
Nadine went on to be in Girls Aloud, one of the most successful girl bands of all time (Picture: Getty Images)
‘She was not like Sister Michael at all! I’m sure she might have been [funny], in her own way, but we were just afraid of her,’ she said.
‘We didn’t see the funny side of Sister Christopher. At all.’
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The third and final series of Derry Girls continues to impress viewers, from that incredible cameo to a genuinely excellent Spice Girls routine and a few wee nods to Father Ted.
Derry Girls continues on Channel 4 next Tuesday at 9.15pm.
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