Coronation Street star Ben Price has said that he expects to get a hard time from fans when his character Nick Platt comes out of his coma.
Tonight's episodes of the soap will see a huge row in the Bistro van over Nick and Kylie's one-night stand when David (Jack P Shepherd) grabs the wheel and causes a collision with an oncoming lorry.
In the aftermath, Nick ends up in a coma and will suffer further complications when he undergoes surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain.
When he eventually does wake up, his personality has changed and he will become nasty and irrational.
Speaking to The Sun, Price said: "He is no longer Mr Nice Guy. The consequences of the crash are significant and his anger is off the scale.
"His character totally flips. He gets obsessive and he isn't rational at all. When the girls fuss over him, he reacts very, very angrily - every part of him is floundering.
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"People have always been very kind to me when I meet them on the street because Nick is 'Mr Nice', but when they see him change, I expect them to shout at me instead.
Price described his latest storyline as his 'best ever' during his four-year stint on the ITV show, and added that he worked closely with the brain injury charity Headway to help him portray Nick after the accident.
"Physically a person can look the same after time but under the surface, their personality can change," said Price. "It affects relationships so much - it's not about the survival, it is about the years ahead.
"It will be up to the viewers to decide whether they think David intends to crash the car or not, but later Nick definitely thinks he did."
Coronation Street airs Nick and David's crash tonight (Monday, August 5) at 7.30pm on ITV.
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