After Antony Cotton teased that his Coronation Street character Sean Tully's new story will be "poignant and serious", we've got a first look at Sean's upcoming struggles.
Pictured below is Cotton's character, who appears to be sleeping rough, living in a tent with a homeless woman.
Sean Tully is sleeping rough in Coronation Street filming pictures
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It's also revealed that Sean is attacked in a public toilet by two thugs, which certainly is a "very different" arc for his long-standing character.
Previously, Cotton said: "I've just begun the first part of a storyline that's going to run for quite a while over the summer.
Sean Tully is sleeping rough in Coronation Street filming pictures
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"It is a very unusual storyline, very serious and not what people would expect from Sean. It will come good, but it's a very poignant and serious story.
"It's not what I expected and I was taken aback when I heard what it was," he added. "But it is a subject that's very close to my heart and I will reveal all in time."
He continued: "I'm doing the beginnings at the moment. It's very, very new and very different."
Cotton has signed another year-long contract to stay on the ITV soap.
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