Coronation Street star confirms ‘more to come’ as key character returns for final episode

Coronation Street’s Emrhys Cooper has hinted astatine an intriguing twist up for his soap alter-ego Rowan Cunliffe.

The quality arrived astatine the commencement of this twelvemonth and introduced himself to Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) arsenic the person of a self-help radical called The Institute.

Leanne was charmed by Rowan’s ways and lured into the organisation. As she grew to judge everything Rowan had to say, Leanne remained oblivious to the information – that Rowan was a corrupt businessman and really the person of a cult.

The storyline took a crook a fewer weeks agone erstwhile Leanne came crossed immoderate important files connected Rowan’s laptop. The pictures helium had saved connected the instrumentality not lone confirmed Nick (Ben Price) and Toyah (Georgia Taylor) were having an affair, but that helium had besides been blackmailing them implicit it arsenic well.

Reflecting connected everything Rowan enactment Leanne through, Emrhys Cooper told america present that helium was tense to approach specified a analyzable storyline.

‘I was tense astatine archetypal due to the fact that it’s Coronation Street, but the formed were truthful lukewarm and welcoming. Everyone down the scenes made maine consciousness truthful welcomed and it was similar a family’, helium said successful our chat with him astatine this year’s Inside Soap Awards.

‘I person immoderate idiosyncratic experiences with the taxable substance and it really brought maine person to my dada due to the fact that I got to talk astir his experiences with cults and successful precise eye-opening and rather healing successful a way. I didn’t cognize overmuch astir that and I was a spot judgemental and held a batch of resentment. I deliberation doing this relation has helped maine turn arsenic a idiosyncratic and besides hopefully dispersed immoderate consciousness and origin immoderate entertainment! It’s been fun!’.

‘I felt precise grateful’, helium added, pondering implicit what it’s been similar to enactment with truthful galore Corrie legends.

‘They were axenic joyousness to enactment with everyday. There might’ve been a batch of play on-screen but off-screen it was conscionable tons of laughs and fun. They person astonishing enactment morals and tons of talent.

‘There committedness to the storyline. I consciousness precise fortunate that I got to enactment with those actors successful particular. But everyone I encountered astatine enactment was great, I was amazed due to the fact that usually there’s a fewer divas but I’m yet to conscionable 1 astatine Corrie! Only large energy.’

Emrhys ended our chat confirming that we whitethorn spot Rowan again successful the adjacent future.

After the quality was arrested and charged with blackmail and fraud, Emrhys made a astonishing return to the ITV soap for much filming.

‘Yes – there’s a small spot much left’, helium confirmed.

‘I changeable my last occurrence which is going to aerial aboriginal this year. There’s a small spot much play ahead, a small twist. It’s been amusive and I’d beryllium unfastened to it, if determination was the close storyline, for a redemption.’

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