Coronation Street is lining up more twists and turns in the fallout to the latest Lauren Bolton news on the ITV soap. Lauren made a shock return to the show last week, months on from her going missing. We later learned she was attacked and presumedly killed by Joel Deering, but she was revealed to be alive in a recent episode.
Not only that but we found out she was five months pregnant with Joel's baby , before she then fled again in a taxi after Joel tried to scare her off. With Lauren's true fate set to be exposed, characters will begin looking for her and at some point, she heads back to Weatherfield. But what is ahead in the storyline, and could Joel finally be brought to justice? Cast members Calum Lill, Cait Fitton and Channique Sterling-Brown spoke exclusively to The Mirror about the plot, and the twists and turns ahead.
.. The worst is yet to come with Joel it seems , with his behaviour set to get even darker.
If we thought we'd seen the worst of him, from his attack on Lauren to his grooming of Ellie, actor Calum, who plays him, has revealed there's more ahead that viewers will not like. He said: "This is the most pressure he's felt absolutely, [where he has] the most at stake [and] the most loose ends he's not been able to sort out and tie off. "Every which way he looks there could be something that brings his whole world tumbling down around him.
" On the baby twist, he went on: "[It's that] push and pull. When he heard boy or girl it humanised it, but there is still.