Coronation Street star Mikey North has opened up about Gary Windass' future on the soap, confirming that he isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
In a new interview, Mikey addressed rumours that he could be leaving the soap, revealing that he will still be on the cobbles for at least another year.
Asked on today's (January 28) Lorraine about whether the speculation was true, the star said: "My mortgage hopes not, that's for sure! I'll refuse to leave if they do, I just won't film scenes. I'm there for another year at least, I think."
Speaking about an upcoming storyline, Mikey continued: "We've got lots more planned, we've got a big spring... it's the big Britain's Got Talent week where we go on at 9pm.
"I hope I'm not giving too much away, we're going to revisit the woods where Rick [Neelan]'s body is buried, that's maybe going to come back to haunt Gary."
It comes after Coronation Street producer Iain MacLeod recently confirmed that Gary's murder of Rick would be revisited.
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"Well, having ridden the storm that ensues at Christmas, Gary finds himself in a relatively stable and happy place with Maria, and then something incredibly difficult happens that throws it up in the air," he teased earlier this month.
"Meanwhile, Adam is secretly conspiring against him, which will threaten to lead Adam, and therefore the authorities, to Rick's final resting place.
"Whether that will actually happen or not is still to be seen – but that will precipitate a big, explosive story at the time we do our episodes around the Britain's Got Talent week in May.
"We're resisting the urge to dig up Rick's body, because it feels as if everyone is expecting us to. So, I hope we're playing, in a good way, with the audience's expectations around that."
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