Coronation Street's Mason Radcliffe a 'ticking time bomb' as actor addresses bully's past
27.02.2024 - 17:03
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Coronation Street star Luca Toolan has said his character Mason Radcliffe is a 'ticking time bomb' after it was revealed the teen bullying storyline will continue to run amid its heartbreaking consequences.
As viewers of the ITV soap know, Mason has been behind the cruel taunting and abuse of Liam Connor - with his gang of mates including Dylan Wilson - which has recently led to him contemplating taking his own life.
Liam is now preparing for professional help, and it appeared Dylan was willing to confess to headteacher Mrs Crawshaw about what had happened after a heart-to-heart with his dad, Sean Tully. But Mason has since got to him first and in upcoming scenes, the bully will threaten Dylan into keeping quiet.
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However, when Liam reveals that Mason once threatened him with a knife, the police get involved PC Craig Tinker and another officer call at number 11 and tell Sean, Dylan and Eileen Grimshaw that they have reason to believe they’re hiding a zombie knife that was used in an assault but the knife can’t be found.
Dylan insists he knows nothing about it and soon, Mason orders Dylan to get the knife and meet up with him in the ginnel. But as Dylan waits nervously Craig approaches and finds the knife in Dylan’s bag and arrests him and the schoolboy quickly realises with horror that Mason set him up.
Speaking about his character, Luca, who joined the soap last year in his debut acting role, explained a bit of his backstory. "I love to do the work on why Mason is the way he is and his family, his upbringing, his thoughts," he told us. "To play a