Coronation Street spoilers follow.
Coronation Street actor David Neilson has opened up about future danger for Roy Cropper – as he embarks on a huge storyline which will see the character wrongly arrested for murder.
In spoilers revealed last week, Roy is set to be arrested as Lauren Bolton's disappearance turns into a murder case.
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In an upcoming episode of the long-running ITV soap, Roy is taken in for questioning by the police – and becomes victim of trial-by-social-media as internet sleuths and vigilantes become intrigued in his involvement in the case.
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After he attends a vigil for the teenager and is heckled by a mob, and then locked in Roy's Rolls by two thugs demanding to know what happened to Lauren, Roy is forced to keep a low profile.
Speaking about the storyline, Neilson has explained how Roy feels about the upcoming danger – namely, the thugs sent by Lauren's jailed father, Reece.
"I think he's a great student of life in a lot of ways," Neilson began. "Here are these people threatening him, an old guy on his own and yes he's frightened. But he's like, I don't know where they are coming from, what is wrong with them, they're human, he is human, why is this happening?"
He added: "It is almost like an intellectual thing. He would never dream of doing what they are doing so he doesn’t understand what is going on."
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Continuing, Neilson explained that Roy can sense that the ordeal might not be over as soon as he might hope.
"He does feel like it is the beginning of something. He's hoping it's not but it's sort of a build up of something. And everything he does or says is being misinterpreted and he doesn't really have a voice," he said.
"He's got the police against him and the mob are against him. He's trying to work out what to do and he says he’s not going to be a prisoner in his own home. And the way his brain works he would say ‘Well, what can they do to me?’"
Neilson concluded by saying: "I don't think he's got that sort of physical fear. But it's upsetting to him that human beings could do this."
