Yahoo News Corrie star drops big hint on Carla and Peter future
Coronation Street star Alison King has offered fresh hope for Carla Connor and Peter Barlow's future in the aftermath of next week's dramatic events.
The ITV soap will air a special edition focusing on Carla's mental health next week, showing her troubles come to a head as she suffers a severe psychotic episode.
However, in a new interview, Alison has reassured fans that a strong future is likely for Carla and Peter as she makes her recovery in the coming weeks.
Discussing the relationship, Alison explained: "It is really important. He has shown her that he will do anything for her still and she can trust him.
"Peter has literally saved her through his perseverance and believing that Carla is still in there and the belief she can come back. That is worth fighting for, so I think they will become more solid than they have ever been."
Carla's episode will be shown partly from her point of view, as she becomes confused and starts hallucinating after not taking her medication.
When Carla sees someone in a red coat, she thinks it could be Hayley Cropper and follows her onto the Victoria Street fire escape. Once up there, she also believes that she's talking to Rana Habeeb and Aidan Connor.
Alison continued: "She sees the most beautiful thing that will always help her – and that is Hayley in her red coat. So she follows her eventually back to Victoria Street and when she can't see her, she is absolutely mortified.
"The thing that means the most to her and always helped her get back on the straight and narrow is Hayley and she has gone. Then she sees her walking up the fire escape and she follows her – she has a hallucination.
"The scenes on the fire escape when Peter is there are so emotional. It was hard to play as it was so terrifying for her at that stage. Inside her head everything is terrifying.
"She thinks she is seeing Hayley, then she thinks she is seeing Rana and she doesn't know if Rana is dead or alive. Then she thinks she sees Aidan. To her it is real. She is in a very dangerous predicament and unrecognisable to Peter, who is desperate to rescue her."
Coronation Street airs Carla's special episode on Friday, May 31 at 9pm on ITV.
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