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Coronation Street's Stephen Reid will have a "fitting" and "perfect" exit storyline, according to the actor who plays the killer.
Todd Boyce has revealed he is "thrilled" with his final storyline on the show, and he thinks fans will enjoy it too. The actor spoke to press including The Mirror ahead of his dramatic exit on the ITV soap. Next week, killer scenes could see murderer Stephen strike again as he's desperate to flee.
on the street, and has targeted others too. Fresh from the body of one of his victims being rumbled, another gruesome discovery is on the way. But is this the moment Stephen is finally caught, or might he manage to flee without facing justice?
Coronation Street's Stephen Reid actor Todd Boyce teased the serial killer's big exit (ITV)Speaking about his exit from the show, he confessed he was "sad" to leave but could not love his exit storyline any more. He teased "fitting" scenes ahead, as he teased whether Stephen would get away with his crime. He told us: "It's sad on the one hand but also gratifying because there is closure, and it's an arc of almost 28 years. I started in my 30s, I'm now in my 60s. I've had three goes and my final go was just a gift from heaven and God, truly, I couldn’t wish for anything more exciting than to be given Stephen, and just good writing. I'm sad but there's a feeling of gratification."
On his last day of filming, he added: "It was great, it wasn't emotional until the entire building came into the studio to give me gifts and say lovely words, and I managed to keep it together. My penultimate scene was with Sue Nicholls which was fantastic as we worked together 28 years ago. She’s a lot like my real mother in many senses so I've always felt very much like her son and she's a great friend, so that was very special. I'm glad we had that, exploring Stephen and Audrey's relationship."
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On how he thinks fans will react to his exit storyline, he said: "Yeah I do think it's fitting, the audience will be pleased with how it shakes out. I think they’ve put up with a lot of frustration, there’s been murderers in history that have been undetected for decades but in the world of soap, you can probably only put up with that injustice for so long.
"It's perfectly timed I think, at one point me and Iain [MacLeod] were talking about my stay possibly being longer but I couldn't be more pleased with the duration and the means by which I leave. I think it is absolute perfection and I'm thrilled with it."
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