Coronation Street star Ben Price has revealed that Carla Connor will try to blackmail Nick Tilsley when she discovers the truth about the mysterious Elsa.
Last night's episodes saw Carla (Alison King) confront Nick over his secrecy after discovering that he's a joint partner in a restaurant business in Nottingham.
Desperate to cover his tracks, Nick told Carla that he only got involved to help out a friend with a tax dodge. Sadly, his lies won't keep Carla off the scent for long, as Elsa will finally arrive on the cobbles in Friday night's episodes (November 9).
Former Casualty star Kelly Harrison has been cast in the role of Elsa, who's expected to be revealed as Nick's secret wife.
When Carla finds out that Nick hasn't been entirely honest with her – and especially not with his love interest Leanne Battersby – she realises she can use this situation to her own advantage.
Ben, who returned to the role of Nick last month, explained: "It's not good for Nick when Elsa turns up. He doesn't want an associate from his other life sniffing round this one. He worries everything is going to be blown apart. When the two lives collide, it's not going to be good, is it?
"Nick reinvented himself when he went to Nottingham and now this person is going to realise who the real Nick is. And on the flip side, he has not been totally truthful in Weatherfield about his life in Nottingham. Because of the factory, Carla has a vested interest in trying get to the truth."
He continued: "Carla is on the scent of something and she sees it as a way of levering Nick out of the factory. She also thinks she can maybe blackmail him and keep his money. That is Carla all over!
"Nick is a bit arrogant, though. He thinks he can get out of situations and rise above it all."
The arrival of Elsa comes just when it seems that Nick is making progress with Leanne, but if the truth comes out, everything could be thrown into jeopardy again.
Ben added: "Leanne is ready to give it another try. She is blissfully unaware of any other side of Nick's life. They have really gone through it and they keep coming back to each other, believing that this time it will be a bit better.
"Before it was a bit unbalanced. Nick's mess was worse than Leanne's, but she has messed up a lot recently with Steve, so things are bit more evenly balanced now.
"They both have things they would rather not talk about and they feel able to meet in the middle and try again. They are not going to try and force it to work but they are willing to see how it goes."
Digital Spy
https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/cor...ealth-episode/
Coronation Street has announced plans for Carla Connor to have her own special standalone episode next year.
Carla (Alison King) will take centre stage in the aftermath of the upcoming roof collapse at Underworld, which leads to the popular character experiencing problems with her mental health.
It's been announced that the factory will be rocked by a massive stunt in March 2019 as the roof caves in thanks to criminal activity from a mystery character.
As the early weeks of the storyline see the finger of blame wrongly pointed at Carla, she struggles with the backlash and suffers a sad breakdown.
Speaking to Digital Spy and others at a press event, Corrie's new producer Iain MacLeod explained: "Our viewers will know the factory roof collapse is a whodunit quite early in the story, but our characters won't. Somebody operating in the shadows has done this thing.
"So the early stages of this story will see Carla as a massive pariah. At the beginning, the roof collapse seems to emerge from a workaholism story for Carla. She determines that her life's priority is work and being a professional woman. She wants to focus on the factory and Aidan's legacy.
"That drives Carla into making some mistakes, that will lead to the factory falling in basically! She alienates a lot of people. First it will look like an accident, then we'll start to reveal that it's not.
"What happens impacts massively on Carla's mental health. We're doing something a little bit stylised, like with the Ashley story I did at Emmerdale, but not quite as extreme as Corrie's take on that.
"It's a standalone episode that will be mental health focused and Carla focused. It will also be the reveal to the audience of who was behind the factory roof collapsing."
He added: "This factory collapse story has lots of unexpected off-shoots into areas that give our amazing cast a chance to show off their acting chops."
Perdita (18-12-2018)
can only hope this is a more interesting storyline than it sounds, Carla is quite wooden and not that interesting to watch.
Did the roof of Underworld not fall in last year? At least, something happened to it, which is why most characters were out of work for ages.
Also, Carla's had an emotional breakdown before, after the Victoria Court fire in 2015. (and she was wrongly accused then too.) The writers just seem to be repeating themselves where Carla's concerned.
It still sounds repetitive though. No doubt Carla will hit the bottle again.
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