Helen Flanagan pictured in 2023 via Associated PressFormer Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan is reflecting on some of the more troublesome experiences she had during her time on the soap. Helen joined Corrie as Rosie Webster when she was nine years old, eventually stepping away from the role when she was in her early 20s. I get it.”She continued: “I had to do kissing and bedroom scenes with a man a lot older than me. Obviously the actor [Graeme Hawley] was lovely, but I don’t think it would happen now. After 12 years playing Rosie, Helen left the cobbles in 2012, returning in 2017 for an additional year.