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Coronation Street's Tristan Gemmill is hinting at a possible dark side emerging in his character Robert Preston.
Gemmill made his debut on the cobbles as the former schemer last year, taking over the role from Julian Kay.
Robert has thus far kept his emotions in check in his comeback, but Gemmill is teasing that his relationship with Tracy Barlow could lead to his darker side emerging.
"He's admitted to Leanne that he's had anger issues in the past and occasionally you do see a flash of something," Gemmill said.
"Maybe he's got more of a history, a few secrets locked away. At the moment he's in control of everything but there's a hint that if his back was against the wall then maybe he could do darker things."
In spite of their troubled past, could there still be hope for Robert and Tracy?
"He's deeply hurt by what's happened, he was about to propose to her when he heard she'd been with an old flame," the actor explained. "He's angry about that but deep down Tracy's the one that he loves and that doesn't go away so quickly.
"He's got that anger but he can't get rid of the emotion of where that comes from. He tries to block that out by focussing on his work and trying to get a share of the business."