Princess Royal ‘very knowledgeable’ about Coronation Street acid assault story
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oronation Street actor Andrew Still stated the Princess Royal took a “real interest” and was “very knowledgeable” in regards to the cleaning soap’s acid assault storyline when she visited the set.
ITV will see episodes this week masking the upcoming trial involving Still’s character Justin Rutherford, which follows on from his assault in Weatherfield and stalking of Daisy Midgeley.
In a earlier programme, Justin tried to throw acid on Daisy, performed by Charlotte Jordan, however Ryan Connor (Ryan Prescott) stepped in the way in which and took the power of the assault.
Recent scenes will see Ryan reluctant to take the witness field to testify towards Justin because the stalker has his day in court docket.
When requested about his most memorable second on the cleaning soap, Still stated: “Definitely meeting Princess Anne.
“When else are you going to have the chance to say that you’ve met a royal in the Rovers Returns – it’s pretty mad.
“That’s like ‘tell your grandkids’ type of thing. She took a great interest in the acid attack storyline so I got a chance to talk to her which I hadn’t really expected.
“She was very knowledgeable and knew what was going on in the storyline.”
Anne had visited ITV Studios in March and met the forged and manufacturing staff concerned with the storyline.
The cleaning soap labored with The Katie Piper Foundation and Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI) – of which the princess is a patron – to make sure the episodes are correct and genuine.
Still additionally revealed extra in regards to the upcoming trial of Justin, which has been filmed in Bolton and used the identical defendant field that Happy Valley’s Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton) jumps out of through the closing collection of the hit crime drama.
He stated: “The days were long and the very last scene we filmed was when Justin takes the stand and I had like a three page monologue to say so it was quite nerve-racking.
“I remember waiting all week for this one big scene. I felt a lot of nervous energy going into that scene which was good because that’s exactly how Justin would feel too because it’s his last big gamble.”
Still additionally described Justin as being in “survival mode” and somebody who’s a “truly phenomenal liar”.
He added: “He is going to put on the full charm offensive and he will use all of his manipulation tactics to win the jury round.”
Coronation Street airs on ITV1.