Coronation Street legend declares love for ex – but she doesn’t react well

Nick Tilsley (Ben Price)’s narration with Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) yet came to an extremity precocious successful Coronation Street, aft Leanne discovered that he’d been having a concealed matter with her sister Toyah (Georgia Taylor).  

The matter began erstwhile Leanne got heavy progressive with cult organisation The Institute. As the cult started taking up much and much of Leanne’s attention, Nick realised helium was becoming attracted to Toyah and soon the feeling was mutual.  

Ben Price said helium thought that the attraction betwixt his quality and Toyah was a ‘deeper connection’ than purely physical. 

‘It wasn’t similar he’d been attracted to her for years, it was astir being determination for her, and past her for him, that’s however the emotion started,’ helium maintained. ‘There’s a batch much to it than conscionable the physical.’ 

Although Toyah decided to absorption connected her narration with her sister successful the aftermath of the matter being exposed, successful upcoming episodes Nick finds that determination is unfinished concern betwixt him and Toyah – and helium decides to archer her however helium feels. 

‘I deliberation the mode helium sees it is that he’s got 1 chance,’ Ben told us. ‘He knows if helium doesn’t accidental it now, past he’s ever going to deliberation I privation I’d said it. Him and Leanne had a batch of times implicit the years erstwhile they were together, not together. So this clip helium conscionable decides to spell for it.’ 

Things don’t spell precisely to plan, however, and Toyah’s absorption is not what Nick was hoping for. Ben explained that this absorption is much realistic to the story, fixed the past betwixt Nick, Toyah and Leanne.  

‘She doesn’t respond that well, she’s not sure,’ helium said. 

‘I deliberation Nick knows that she inactive has feelings for him, but it’s surely not her moving consecutive backmost into his arms. This is an big relationship, it’s not similar they’re 18, determination is simply a batch to enactment out, this is her sister and that’s besides inactive successful the mix.’ 

 Nick doesn’t marque things casual for himself by offering Toyah the occupation of front-of-house manager of the bistro aft Leanne says she can’t look it. To Toyah helium explains that, if they’re going to beryllium a couple, this volition mean that Leanne volition person to get utilized to seeing them unneurotic truthful it makes consciousness to each enactment together.  

‘I don’t deliberation Nick’s that large astatine that stuff,’ Ben smiled. ‘Toyah points retired however awkward it’s going to beryllium but there’s portion of him that conscionable thinks it volition beryllium bully for business, she’s bully astatine the job.’ 

 Ben said that helium approached Nick’s feelings for Leanne the aforesaid mode that helium approaches Nick’s presumption wrong the Platt family. 

‘With his family, connected the whole, Nick plays the mediate crushed betwixt David (Jack P Shepherd) and Gail (Helen Worth), betwixt Sarah (Tina O’Brien) and Audrey (Sue Nicholls). With this I decided erstwhile I was playing it, no, he’s done. Leanne did things that couldn’t beryllium taken back, she doesn’t clasp backmost with Nick and present he’s decided I’m conscionable going to accidental it however it is, I’m going to accidental however I truly feel.’ 

As to whether Nick and Toyah volition enactment retired arsenic a mates long-term, Ben isn’t definite but he’s enjoying playing retired the story. 

‘I don’t cognize what the agelong word program for Nick and Toyah was initially but it has go thing and that’s ever the astir breathtaking stuff, erstwhile thing develops organically. It’s been incredibly bully amusive to play.’  

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