Coronation Street star Martin Hancock has revealed that he has a previously unknown connection to another actor on the ITV soap. Martin is set to make a comeback as his character Spider Nugent crawls back into Toyah Habeeb's life after 19 years.
01.06.2022 - 22:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Fans knew Charlie De Melo was calling time on his Coronation Street journey, but they had no clue how Imran Habeeb would depart from Weatherfield. There was a shock during Wednesday night’s edition of the ITV soap as the solicitor tragically died.
He and his wife Toyah were involved in a horror car crash earlier in the week, which left viewers baffled as they didn’t see exactly what happened. But during the mid-week episode, they saw Imran desperately trying to escape the car and take Toyah with him - to no avail.
The pair eventually ended up getting help and while Toyah appeared to be the most harmed, it was Imran who succumbed to his non-obvious injuries, leaving fans shocked. There will now be questions asked about how the crash happened. And Abi and Kevin find themselves under suspicion from the police.
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But Charlie did have another idea how he might have left the long-running soap after deciding it was time to move on. “I told Georgia [Taylor, who plays Imran’s wife Toyah] I was going to leave before I ever told Corrie. I wanted to make sure she knew first and she could get her ducks in a row,” the actor told the Manchester Evening News and other press.
“I said to her that I’ve been daydreaming about what that final scene will be and in my head what ti was, was at some point, somehow, Imran finding out about Gary Windass’ responsibility for the factory roof collapse.”
As viewers know, the reformed bad boy was responsible for the death of Imran’s sister Rana. In horror scenes back in 2019, Rana when she became trapped inside Underworld on her wedding day and the roof crumbled on top of
Coronation Street star Martin Hancock has revealed that he has a previously unknown connection to another actor on the ITV soap. Martin is set to make a comeback as his character Spider Nugent crawls back into Toyah Habeeb's life after 19 years.
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